English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "glad" kan effens verskil na gelang van die konteks, maar oor die algemeen beteken dit:Om 'n egalige en gereelde oppervlak of tekstuur te hê wat vry is van stampe, grofheid , of ongelykheid. Byvoorbeeld, "Die gepoleerde marmervloer was glad om aan te raak."Om sonder enige skielike of abrupte veranderinge of onderbrekings te wees; vloei of vorder eweredig en sonder onderbreking. Byvoorbeeld, "Die rit was so glad dat ek geen stampe in die pad gevoel het nie."Om 'n aangename of maklike manier te hê wat nie hard of skielik is nie. Byvoorbeeld, "Hy het 'n gladde manier van praat gehad wat mense op hul gemak gestel het."Om vry te wees van probleme, struikelblokke of probleme; gaan maklik of sonder enige komplikasies. Byvoorbeeld, "Die projek het glad verloop sonder enige hik."

Sentence Examples

  1. Doubtless the Elders are impressed with his smooth handling of the situation.
  2. Even though in my dreams the floodwaters stretch out for miles, smooth as a sheet of glass, peaceful and calm, I awake sweating.
  3. The cobalt glaze was smooth to the touch, pebbled by the stoneware underneath it.
  4. I smooth down the designer linen shirt I found at Goodwill, sorry for my choice since traveling between those two armrest hogs has rendered it a massive wave of wrinkles.
  5. He knew Cianne was in knots at the prospect of meeting her mother, and he would have liked to do his best to smooth the experience for her, but he was going to have plenty to say to Annalith as well.
  6. He longed to run his fingers over her brow, smooth away the furrows.
  7. I nestled against a broad beech tree, its smooth bark gentler against my back than the alligator bark of red oak or locust.
  8. His face was smooth, but his features seemed to ripple, like the deceptively placid surface of the seas before a storm.
  9. Glistening and smooth, the stone burned warmly in my palm.
  10. I want to smooth it down, but she suddenly finds her voice.