smile
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Middle Low German *smîlen (“to smile”), from Middle High German smielen, from Old High German smielēn, from Proto-West Germanic *smīlēn, from Proto-Germanic *smīlāną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”).
Cognate with Danish smile, Swedish smila, Faroese smíla (“to smile”); also Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin mīror (“to wonder at”).
Inflected forms:
form: smiles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: smiles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: smiling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: smiled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: smiled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
pos: noun
examples: She's got a perfect smile.
He has a sinister smile.
She had a smile on her face.
He always puts a smile on my face.
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.[…]She looked around expectantly, and recognizing Mrs. Cooke's maid[…]Miss Thorn greeted her with a smile which greatly prepossessed us in her favor.
Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
gloss: Favour; propitious regard.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: the smile of the gods
gloss: A drink bought by one person for another.
pos: noun
tags: dated
slang
gloss: To have (a smile) on one's face.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
I don't know what he's smiling about.
She smiles a beautiful smile.
“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
Once I was a young man / And all I thought I had to do was smile
If a man smiles all the time he's probably selling something that doesn't work.
She adds: "We have two mottos at Kingston which we've stuck to the window in the ticket office. One says 'If you can be anything in the world then be kind', while the other reads: 'Smile while you've still got teeth'.
gloss: To express by smiling.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to smile consent, or a welcome
Mr Carlyle smiled his indulgence privately.
"My dear chap, you mustn't let your retentive memory of obscure happenings run away with you," he remarked wisely.
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
gloss: To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.
gloss: To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.
gloss: To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The gods smiled on his labours.
gloss: Of ackee fruit: to open fully, indicating that it is no longer toxic, and ready to be picked.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The fruit looks a bit like a large pink mango or guava, until it has ripened. Then it “smiles,” bursting open, exposing yellow meat with black seeds.
Synonyms: smile
Related words: cheer
grimace
say cheese
to smile
laugh
mouth
yay!
Derived words: aftersmile
archaic smile
autogynesmile
besmile
Botox smile
Chelsea smile
countersmile
crack a smile
Duchenne smile
Glasgow smile
half smile
Kool-Aid smile
Land of Smiles
liquidity smile
nonsmile
Pan-Am smile
permasmile
plumber's smile
semi-smile
semismile
shit-eating smile
smileful
smileless
smilelike
smile line
smileproof
smiles and giggly
smile school
smilet
smiley
smilie
smilish
subsmile
vertical smile
wipe the smile off someone's face
smile a thousand smiles
smile-smirk
bite and smile
outsmile
oversmile
smile from ear to ear
smile like a mule eating briars
Smiler
smiler
smiling death
smize
the gods smile on someone
unsmiled
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