згладжувати

From the згла́дж- (zhládž-) stem of згла́дити (zhládyty) +‎ -увати (-uvaty). Compare Russian сгла́живать (sgláživatʹ), Belarusian згла́джваць (zhládžvacʹ).

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згла́джувати • (zhládžuvaty) impf (perfective згла́дити) (transitive)

1. (literally) to smooth, to smooth out, to smooth over (to make smooth or even; to remove roughness or unevenness)
2. (figuratively) to smooth out, to smooth over (:problem, unpleasantness, etc.)

   згла́джувати го́стрі кути́ (idiomatic)

   zhládžuvaty hóstri kutý

   to smooth over the rough edges, to smooth over differences

   (literally, “to smooth the sharp corners”)

   згла́джувати зі сві́ту

   zhládžuvaty zi svítu

   to erase from the world, to wipe out

   (literally, “to smooth out from the world”)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “згладжувати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “згладжувати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “згладжувати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “згладжувати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “згладжувати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “згладжувати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “згладжувати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)