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# smoothy

«smoothy» in Mova's school dictionary: **A thick cold drink made by blending fruit, often with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a smoothy, smoothies) — a less common spelling of smoothie

### meaning for a pupil

1) A thick cold drink made by blending fruit, often with yoghurt, milk or ice; usually spelled «smoothie». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/#m1)

2) (informal) A person who is charming and confident in a slick way, especially with words — someone who smooth-talks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and healthy-eating lessons a smoothie is a quick way to eat fruit. In maths problems recipes for smoothies use fractions and ratios (2 bananas for every cup of milk). In stories a «smoothy» or «smoothie» is a slick charmer who may not be trusted.

### examples

- I made a strawberry smoothy for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/#x1)
- This smoothy has banana, milk and honey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/#x2)
- Each smoothy needs 2 bananas, so 4 smoothies need 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/#x3)
- He's a real smoothy — always knows what to say. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/#x4)
- Don't trust that smoothy salesman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/#x5)
- A green smoothy has spinach in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/#x6)

### note

Most common spelling: smoothie (plural smoothies). «Smoothy» is a variant; both plurals are «smoothies». Fruit smoothies contain lots of sugar, even if healthy.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smoothy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.