sm -abbr
- small
Sm -symbol
- samarium
SM -abbr
- master of science
- sergeant major
- service mark
- stage manager
- stationmaster
- sadomasochism; sadomasochist
SMA -abbr
- sergeant major of the army
smack ['smak] -n
- characteristic taste or flavor
- a perceptible taste or tincture
- a small quantity
- to have a taste or flavor
- to have a trace, vestige, or suggestion
- a proposal that smack s of treason
- a sailing ship (as a sloop or cutter) used chiefly in coasting and fishing
- to close and open (lips) noisily and often in rapid succession esp. in eating
- to kiss with or as if with a smack
- to strike so as to produce a smack
- to make or give a smack
- a quick sharp noise made by rapidly compressing and opening the lips
- a loud kiss
- a sharp slap or blow
- squarely and sharply : directly
- heroin
smackdab ['smak-'dab] -adv
- exactly, squarely
smack·down ['smak-,dau̇n] -n
- the act of knocking down or bringing down an opponent
- a contest in entertainment wrestling
- a decisive defeat
- a confrontation between rivals or competitors
smack·er ['sma-kər] -n
- one that smacks
- dollar
smack·ing ['sma-kiŋ] -adj
- brisk, lively
SMaj -abbr
- sergeant major
small ['smȯl] -adj, n
- having comparatively little size or slight dimensions
- lowercase
- minor in influence, power, or rank
- operating on a limited scale
- lacking in strength
- little or close to zero in an objectively measurable aspect (as quantity)
- made up of few or little units
- of little consequence : trivial
- humble, modest
- limited in degree
- mean, petty
- reduced to a humiliating position
- in or into small pieces
- without force or loudness
- speak as small as you will -- Shak.
- in a small manner
- a part smaller and esp. narrower than the remainder
- small-sized products
- smallclothes
- underwear
small arm -n
- a handheld firearm (as a handgun or shoulder arm) usu. used in pl.
small beer -n, adj
- weak or inferior beer
- something of small importance : trivia
small calorie -n
- calorie
small capital -n
- a letter having the form of but smaller than a capital letter (as in these words) called also small cap
smallcell lung cancer -n
- cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body, and is characterized by small round or oval cells which resemble oat grains and have little cytoplasm called also small-cell carcinoma
small change -n
- coins of low denomination
- something trifling or petty
smallclaims court -n
- a special court intended to simplify and expedite the handling of small claims on debts
small·clothes ['smȯl-,klō(th)z] -n pl
- small articles of clothing (as underclothing or handkerchiefs)
- close-fitting knee breeches worn in the 18th century
smaller European elm bark beetle -n
- elm bark beetle
small forward -n
- a basketball forward who is usu. smaller than a power forward and whose play is characterized by quickness and scoring ability
smallfry ['smȯl-,frī] -adj
- minor, unimportant
- of, relating to, or intended for children : childish
small·hold·ing [-,hōl-diŋ] -n
- a small farm
small hours -n pl
- the early morning hours
small intestine -n
- the part of the intestine that lies between the stomach and colon, consists of duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, secretes digestive enzymes, and is the chief site of the absorption of digested nutrients
smallmind·ed ['smȯl-'mīn-dəd] -adj, adv, n
- having narrow interests, sympathies, or outlook
- typical of a small-minded person : marked by pettiness, narrowness, or meanness
small·mouth bass ['smȯl-,mau̇th-] -n
- a black bass ( Micropterus dolomieu) of clear rivers and lakes that is bronzy-green above and lighter below and has the vertex of the angle of the jaw falling below the eye called also smallmouth smallmouth black bass
small potato -n
- one that is of trivial importance or worth usu. used in pl. but sing. or pl. in constr.
small·pox ['smȯl-,päks] -n
- an acute contagious febrile disease of humans that is caused by a poxvirus (species Variola virusof the genus Orthopoxvirus), is characterized by a skin eruption with pustules, sloughing, and scar formation, and is believed to have been eradicated globally by widespread vaccination called also variola
smallscale [-'skāl] -adj
- small in scope
- small in output or operation
- having a scale (as one inch to 25 miles) that permits plotting of comparatively little detail and shows mainly large features
small screen -n
- television
small stuff -n
- small rope (as spun yarn or marline) usu. identified by the number of threads or yarns which it contains
small·sword ['smȯl-,sȯrd] -n
- a light tapering sword for thrusting used chiefly in dueling and fencing
small talk -n
- light or casual conversation : chitchat
smalltime ['smȯl-'tīm] -adj, n
- insignificant in performance, scope, or standing : petty
smalt ['smȯlt] -n
- a deep blue pigment consisting of a powdered glass that contains oxide of cobalt
smal·to ['smäl-(,)tō, 'smȯl-] -n
- colored glass or enamel or a piece of either used in mosaic work
sma·ragd [smə-'ragd, 'sma-,ragd] -n, adj
- emerald
smarm ['smärm] -n
- smarmy language or behavior
smarmy ['smär-mē] -adj, adv, n
- revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness
- a tone of smarmy self-satisfaction -- New Yorker
- of low sleazy taste or quality
smart ['smärt] -adj, adv, n
- making one smart : causing a sharp stinging
- marked by often sharp forceful activity or vigorous strength
- a smart pull of the starter cord
- brisk, spirited
- mentally alert : bright
- knowledgeable
- shrewd
- witty, clever
- pert, saucy
- neat, trim
- soldiers in smart uniforms
- stylish or elegant in dress or appearance
- appealing to sophisticated tastes
- characteristic of or patronized by fashionable society
- being a guided missile
- a laser-guided smart bomb
- operating by automation
- intelligent
- to cause or be the cause or seat of a sharp stinging pain
- to feel or have such a pain
- to feel or endure distress, remorse, or embarrassment
- smart ing from wounded vanity -- W. L. Shirer
- to pay a heavy or stinging penalty
- would have to smart for this foolishness
- a smarting pain
- a stinging local pain
- poignant grief or remorse
- was not the sort to get over smart s -- Sir Winston Churchill
- intelligence, know-how
- in a smart manner : smartly
smart al·eck ['smärt-,a-lik, -,e-] -n, adj
- an obnoxiously conceited and self-assertive person with pretensions to smartness or cleverness
smartass [-,as] -n, adj
- smart aleck
smart card -n
- a small plastic card that has a built-in microprocessor to store and process data and records
smart drug -n
- nootropic
smart·en ['smär-tᵊn] -vb
- to make smart or smarter
- spruce usu. used with up
- to smarten oneself used with up
smart money ['smärt-,mə-nē] -n
- punitive damages
- money ventured by one having inside information or much experience
- well-informed bettors or speculators
smartmouthed ['smärt-,mau̇tht, -,mau̇thd] -adj
- annoyingly cocky or sarcastic in speech
smart·weed ['smärt-,wēd] -n
- any of various polygonums with strong acidic juice
smarty ['smär-tē] -n
- smart aleck
smartypants [-,pan(t)s] -n pl but sing in constr, adj
- smart aleck
smash ['smash] -n
- a smashing blow or attack
- a hard overhand stroke (as in tennis or badminton)
- the action or sound of smashing
- a wreck due to collision : crash
- utter collapse : ruin
- a striking success
- to break or crush by violence
- to drive or throw violently esp. with a shattering or battering effect
- to effect in this way
- to hit violently : batter
- to hit (as a tennis ball) with a hard overhand stroke
- to drive (a ball) with a forceful stroke
- to destroy utterly : wreck
- to move or become propelled with violence or crashing effect
- to become wrecked
- to go to pieces suddenly under collision or pressure
- being a smash : outstanding
smashed ['smasht] -adj
- drunk, intoxicated
smash·ing ['sma-shiŋ] -adj, adv
- that smashes : crushing
- extraordinarily impressive or effective
smash·mouth ['smash-,mau̇th] -adj
- characterized by brute force without finesse
smash·up ['smash-,əp] -n
- a collision between vehicles
- a complete collapse
smat·ter ['sma-tər] -vb, n
- to talk superficially : babble
- to speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
- to dabble in
smatter -n
- smattering
smat·ter·ing ['sma-tə-riŋ] -n
- superficial piecemeal knowledge
- a smattering of carpentry, house painting, bricklaying -- Alva Johnston
- a small scattered number or amount
- a smattering of spectators
smear ['smir] -n
- a viscous or sticky substance
- a spot made by or as if by an unctuous or adhesive substance
- material smeared on a surface (as of a microscopic slide)
- a preparation made by smearing material on a surface
- a usu. unsubstantiated charge or accusation against a person or organization often used attributively
- to overspread with something unctuous, viscous, or adhesive : daub
- smear ed the paper with glue
- to spread over a surface
- to stain, smudge, or dirty by or as if by smearing
- sully, besmirch
- to vilify esp. by secretly and maliciously spreading grave charges and imputations
- to obliterate, obscure, blur, blend, wipe out, or defeat by or as if by smearing
smear·case ['smir-,kās] -n
- cottage cheese
smeary ['smir-ē] -adj
- marked by or covered with smears
- liable to cause smears
smec·tic ['smek-tik] -adj
- of, relating to, or being the phase of a liquid crystal characterized by arrangement of molecules in layers with the long molecular axes in a given layer being parallel to one another and those of other layers and perpendicular or slightly inclined to the plane of the layer
smec·tite ['smek-,tīt] -n, adj
- montmorillonite
smeg·ma ['smeg-mə] -n
- the secretion of a sebaceous gland
- the cheesy sebaceous matter that collects between the glans penis and the foreskin or around the clitoris and labia minora
smell ['smel] -vb, n
- to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves : get the odor or scent of with the nose
- to detect or become aware of as if by the sense of smell
- to emit the odor of
- to exercise the sense of smell
- to have an odor or scent
- to have a characteristic aura or atmosphere : smack
- the accounts...seemed to me to smell of truth -- R. S. Bourne
- seem, appear
- the story didn't smell right
- to have an offensive odor : stink
- to be of bad or questionable quality
- all this from the moral point of view smell s -- A. F. Wills
- the property of a thing that affects the olfactory organs : odor
- the process, function, or power of smelling
- the sense concerned with the perception of odor
- a very small amount : trace
- add only a smell of garlic
- a pervading or characteristic quality : aura
- the smell of affluence, of power -- Harry Hervey
- an act or instance of smelling
smelling salts -n pl but sing or pl in constr
- a usu. scented aromatic preparation of ammonium carbonate and ammonia water used as a stimulant and restorative
smelly ['sme-lē] -adj
- having a smell
- malodorous
smelt ['smelt] -n
- any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
- to melt or fuse (as ore) often with an accompanying chemical change usu. to separate the metal
- refine, reduce
smelt·er ['smel-tər] -n
- : one that smelts:
- a worker who smelts ore
- an owner or operator of a smeltery
- an establishment for smelting
smew ['smyü] -n
- a small Eurasian merganser ( Mergus albellus) with the male being white, gray, and black and the female chiefly gray but with a chestnut and white head
smid·gen ['smi-jən] -n
- a small amount : bit
- a smidgen of common sense
smi·lax ['smī-,laks] -n
- greenbrier
- a tender twining asparagus ( Asparagus asparagoides) of southern Africa that has ovate bright green cladophylls which are often used in floral arrangements
smile ['smī(-ə)l] -vb, n, adv
- to have, produce, or exhibit a smile
- to look or regard with amusement or ridicule
- smiled at his own folly -- Martin Gardner
- to bestow approval
- feeling that Heaven smiled on his labors -- Sheila Rowlands
- to appear pleasant or agreeable
- to affect with or by smiling
- to express by a smile
- a facial expression in which the eyes brighten and the corners of the mouth curve slightly upward and which expresses esp. amusement, pleasure, approval, or sometimes scorn
- a pleasant or encouraging appearance
smil·ey ['smī-lē] -adj
- exhibiting a smile : frequently smiling
smiley -n
- emoticon
smiley face -n
- a line drawing of a smiling face
smirch ['smərch] -vt, n
- to make dirty, stained, or discolored : sully
- to smear with something that stains or dirties
- to bring discredit or disgrace on
smirk ['smərk] -vb, n
- to smile in an affected or smug manner : simper
- to say or express with a smirk
smirky ['smər-kē] -adj
- that smirks : smirking
smite ['smīt] -vb, n
- to strike sharply or heavily esp. with the hand or an implement held in the hand
- to kill or severely injure by smiting
- to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously
- to cause to strike
- to affect as if by striking
- children smitten with the fear of hell -- V. L. Parrington
- captivate, take
- to deliver or deal a blow with or as if with the hand or something held
smith ['smith] -n
- a worker in metals : blacksmith
- maker often used in combination
smith·er·eens [,smi-thə-'rēnz] -n pl
- fragments, bits
- the house was blown to smithereens by the explosion
smith·ery ['smi-thə-rē] -n
- the work, art, or trade of a smith
- smithy
Smith·field ham ['smith-,fēld-] -n
- a Virginia ham produced in or near Smithfield, Va.
smith·son·ite ['smith-sə-,nīt] -n
- a mineral that is a carbonate of zinc and constitutes a minor ore of zinc
smithy ['smi-thē also -thē] -n
- the workshop of a smith
- blacksmith
smock ['smäk] -n
- a woman's undergarment
- chemise
- a light loose garment worn esp. for protection of clothing while working
- to embroider or shirr with smocking
smock frock -n
- a loose outer garment worn by workmen esp. in Europe
smock·ing ['smä-kiŋ] -n
- a decorative embroidery or shirring made by gathering cloth in regularly spaced round tucks
smog ['smäg, 'smȯg] -n, adj
- a fog made heavier and darker by smoke and chemical fumes
- a photochemical haze caused by the action of solar ultraviolet radiation on atmosphere polluted with hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen esp. from automobile exhaust
smog·gy ['smä-gē, 'smȯ-] -adj
- characterized by or abounding in smog
smok·able ['smō-kə-bəl] -adj
- fit for smoking
smoke ['smōk] -n, adj
- the gaseous products of burning materials esp. of organic origin made visible by the presence of small particles of carbon
- a suspension of particles in a gas
- a mass or column of smoke
- smudge
- fume or vapor often resulting from the action of heat on moisture
- something of little substance, permanence, or value
- something that obscures
- something (as a cigarette) to smoke
- marijuana
- an act of smoking tobacco
- a smoking break
- a pale blue
- any of the colors of smoke
- pitches that are fastballs
- if a guy's going to hit you...he certainly isn't going to throw a spitter-he gives you smoke -- Tony Conigliaro
- to emit or exhale smoke
- to emit excessive smoke
- to undergo punishment : suffer
- to spread or rise like smoke
- to inhale and exhale the fumes of burning plant material and esp. tobacco
- to smoke tobacco habitually
- fumigate
- to drive (as mosquitoes) away by smoke
- to blacken or discolor with smoke
- to cure by exposure to smoke
- to stupefy (as bees) by smoke
- suspect
- to inhale and exhale the smoke of
- ridicule
- kill
- to defeat or surpass decisively
- to hit (as a baseball) with great force
smoke and mirrors -n pl
- something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue usu. hyphenated when used attributively
smoke detector -n
- an alarm that activates automatically when it detects smoke called also smoke alarm
smokefilled room ['smōk-'fild-] -n
- a room (as in a hotel) in which a small group of politicians carry on negotiations
smoke·house ['smōk-,hau̇s] -n
- a building where meat or fish is cured by means of dense smoke
smoke·jack [-,jak] -n
- a device for turning a spit by a fly or wheel moved by rising gases in a chimney
smoke jumper -n
- a forest firefighter who parachutes to locations otherwise difficult to reach
smokeless powder -n
- any of a class of explosive propellants that produce comparatively little smoke on explosion and consist mostly of gelatinized nitrocellulose
smokeless tobacco -n
- pulverized or shredded tobacco chewed or placed between cheek and gum : snuff
smoke out -vt
- to drive out by or as if by smoke
- to cause to be made public
smok·er ['smō-kər] -n
- one that smokes
- a railroad car or compartment in which smoking is allowed
- an informal social gathering for men
smoke screen -n
- a screen of smoke to hinder enemy observation of a military force, area, or activity
- something designed to obscure, confuse, or mislead
smoke·stack ['smōk-,stak] -n
- a pipe or funnel through which smoke and gases are discharged
smokestack -adj
- of, relating to, being, or characterized by manufacturing and esp. heavy industry
smoke tree -n
- : either of two small shrubby trees (genus Cotinus) of the cashew family with large panicles of minute flowers that suggest a cloud of smoke:
- one ( C. coggygria) of Eurasia that is widely planted in the eastern U.S.
- one ( C. obovatus) of the southeastern U.S. and Texas
smoking gun -n
- something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof (as of a crime or scientific theory)
smoking jacket -n
- a loose-fitting jacket or short robe for wear at home
smoking lamp -n
- a lamp on a ship kept lighted during the hours when smoking is allowed
smoking room -n
- a room (as in a hotel or club) set apart for smokers
smoky ['smō-kē] -adj, adv, n
- emitting smoke esp. in large quantities
- having the characteristics of or resembling smoke
- suggestive of smoke esp. in flavor or odor
- filled with smoke
- made dark or black by or as if by smoke
- having a low throaty quality
smoky quartz -n
- cairngorm
smoky topaz -n
- cairngorm
smol·der ['smōl-dər] -vi
- to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
- to be consumed by smoldering often used with out
- to exist in a state of suppressed activity
- hostilities smolder ed for years
- to show suppressed anger, hate, or jealousy
- eyes smolder ing with hate
smolt ['smōlt] -n
- a young salmon or sea trout about two years old that is at the stage of development when it assumes the silvery color of the adult and is ready to migrate to the sea
smooch ['smüch] -vi
- kiss, pet
- kiss
- smudge, smear
- smudge, smear
smooth ['smüth] -adj, adv, n
- having a continuous even surface
- being the representation of a function with a continuous first derivative
- having or being a short even coat of hair
- being without hair
- glabrous
- causing no resistance to sliding
- free from difficulties or impediments
- the smooth course of his life
- even and uninterrupted in flow or flight
- excessively and often artfully suave : ingratiating
- serene, equable
- amiable, courteous
- not sharp or harsh
- free from lumps
- to make smooth
- to free from what is harsh or disagreeable : polish
- soothe
- to minimize (as a fault) esp. in order to allay anger or ill will
- his main job is to smooth over the friction that so often arises -- Brian Crozier
- to free from obstruction or difficulty
- conciliation smooth ed the way to an agreement
- to press flat
- smooth ed down the folds of her dress
- to remove expression from (one's face) : compose
- to cause to lie evenly and in order : preen
- a bird smooth ing its feathers
- to free (as a graph or data) from irregularities
- to become smooth
- a smooth part
- the act of smoothing
- a smoothing implement
smooth·bore ['smüth-'bȯr] -adj, n
- having a barrel with an unrifled bore
smooth breathing -n
- a mark ' placed over some initial vowels in Greek to show that they are not aspirated (as in pronounced e-ka)
- the absence of aspiration indicated by a mark '
smooth·en ['smü-thən] -vb
- to make smooth
- to become smooth
smooth fox terrier -n
- any of a breed of fox terriers having a dense smooth chiefly white coat
smooth hound -n
- any of several dogfishes (genus Mustelus) closely related to or included with the requiem sharks
smooth muscle -n
- muscle tissue that lacks cross striations, is made up of elongated spindle-shaped cells having a central nucleus, and is found esp. in vertebrate hollow organs and structures (as the digestive tract and bladder) as thin sheets performing functions not subject to direct voluntary control and in all or most of the musculature of invertebrates other than arthropods
smoothtongued ['smüth-'təŋd] -adj
- ingratiating in speech
smoothy ['smü-thē] -n
- a smooth-tongued person
- a person with polished manners
- one who behaves or performs with deftness, assurance, and easy competence
- a man with an ingratiating manner toward women
- a creamy beverage made of fruit blended with juice, milk, or yogurt
smor·gas·bord ['smȯr-gəs-,bȯrd] -n
- a luncheon or supper buffet offering a variety of foods and dishes (as hors d'oeuvres, hot and cold meats, smoked and pickled fish, cheeses, salads, and relishes)
- an often large heterogeneous mixture : melange
smote ['smīt] -vb, n
(variant of smite)
- to strike sharply or heavily esp. with the hand or an implement held in the hand
- to kill or severely injure by smiting
- to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously
- to cause to strike
- to affect as if by striking
- children smitten with the fear of hell -- V. L. Parrington
- captivate, take
- to deliver or deal a blow with or as if with the hand or something held
smoth·er ['smə-thər] -n, adj
- thick stifling smoke or smudge
- a state of being stifled or suppressed
- a dense cloud (as of fog or dust)
- a confused multitude of things : welter
smother ['smə-thə-riŋ, 'sməth-riŋ] -vb
- to be overcome or killed through or as if through lack of air
- to overcome or kill with smoke or fumes
- to kill by depriving of air
- to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air
- to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen
- to cause to smolder
- to suppress expression or knowledge of
- to stop or prevent the growth or activity of
- smother a child with too much care
- overwhelm
- to cover thickly : blanket
- snow smother ed the trails
- to overcome or vanquish quickly or decisively
- to cook in a covered pan or pot with little liquid over low heat
SMSA -abbr
- Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
SMSgt -abbr
- senior master sergeant
smudge ['sməj] -vb
- to make a smudge on
- to soil as if by smudging
- to rub, daub, or wipe in a smeary manner
- to make indistinct : blur
- to smoke or protect by means of a smudge
- to make a smudge
- to become smudged
- a blurry spot or streak
- an immaterial stain
- cleanse him of every last smudge of impropriety -- Richard Hanser
- an indistinct mass : blur
- a smoldering mass placed on the windward side (as to protect from frost)
- a bid of four in pitch that if made wins the game
smug ['sməg] -adj, adv, n
- trim or smart in dress : spruce
- scrupulously clean, neat, or correct : tidy
- highly self-satisfied
smug·gle ['smə-gəl] -vb, n
- to import or export secretly contrary to the law and esp. without paying duties imposed by law
- to convey or introduce surreptitiously
- to import or export something in violation of the customs laws
smut ['smət] -vb
- to stain or taint with smut
- to affect (a crop or plant) with smut
- to become affected by smut
- matter that soils or blackens
- a particle of soot
- any of various destructive diseases esp. of cereal grasses caused by parasitic basidiomycetous fungi (order Ustilaginales) and marked by transformation of plant parts into dark masses of spores
- a fungus causing a smut
- obscene language or matter
smutch ['sməch] -n, vt, adj
- a dark stain : smudge
smut·ty ['smə-tē] -adj, adv, n
- soiled or tainted with smut
- affected with smut fungus
- obscene, indecent
- resembling smut in appearance : sooty
SMV -abbr
- slow-moving vehicle