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smile

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verb

smiled; smiling

intransitive verb

1
: to have, produce, or exhibit a smile
2
a
: to look or regard with amusement or ridicule
smiled at his own folly Martin Gardner
b
: to bestow approval
feeling that Heaven smiled on his labors Sheila Rowlands
c
: to appear pleasant or agreeable

transitive verb

1
: to affect with or by smiling
2
: to express by a smile
smiler noun
smilingly adverb

smile

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noun

1
: a facial expression in which the eyes brighten and the corners of the mouth curve slightly upward and which expresses especially amusement, pleasure, approval, or sometimes scorn
2
: a pleasant or encouraging appearance
smileless adjective

Synonyms

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb The photographer asked us to smile for the camera. She smiled when she saw him. Both parents smiled their approval. Noun He greeted me with a big smile.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip smile for the crowd during celebrations for the Queen's 90th birthday. Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2022 Some of the men smile, but their joy looks determined rather than easy. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 One month to the day of her injury, Bueckers could smile, crack a mischievous joke here and there. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022 In the photo: Sheetz team members smile for the camera. Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 Come on, people now, smile at Jesse Colin Young and his first in a series of Empty House Concerts at 8 p.m. Tickets via mandolin.com. Gary Graff, cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022 On Sunday, the chance to finally be together caused people to smile and hug. oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022 The nostalgia brought a heartwarming reason to smile in the wake of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers. Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2022 After enduring a terrible twelve months politically, Biden finally has reasons to smile. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022
Noun
Saundra Kuehnle, now 75, recalled that her daughter Robyn had three dimples and a smile that lit up the room. Jim Salter, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022 Then the wives clean, cook, shop and wait at the door with a drink and a smile when their husbands return. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2022 In an early family photo, Elgendy is radiant, with a bright smile and fluffy nineteen-eighties hair. Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022 At one point, as Meghan stood behind George, 9, Charlotte, 7, and Camilla, 75, Charlotte turned around and met the gaze of Meghan, who looked down and gave the young Princess of Wales a sweet smile. Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022 While there are now thousands of emoji options, the main usage remains loyal to the original goal 40 years ago of adding a smile and some levity. Jennifer Korn, CNN, 18 Sep. 2022 That service, with a Southern smile, was new to me, and pretty rare for fast food in California, or anywhere. Brandon Mercer, Chron, 16 Sep. 2022 Dressed in a classic red-and-black-checkered flannel, with patchwork pants and a droopy hat, this animatronic's clownish face and half-smile really come alive when his eyes flash red. Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2022 Lopez Bautista has a striking face: warm brown eyes that contrast against a chiseled jaw, intense brows (with the slits, of course), a Colgate smile that can disarm someone in seconds. Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English smilen, going back to a Germanic verbal base *smil-, *smīl- (from earlier *smei̯l-) "smile," probably an extension with -l- of Indo-European *smei̯- "laugh, smile," whence Old Church Slavic smějǫ sę, smijati sę "to laugh," Latvian smeju, smiêt "to laugh, mock," Tocharian B smi- "smile," Sanskrit smáyate "(s/he) smiles," and with a -d- extension in Greek meidiáein "to smile," philomeidḗs "with a friendly smile," Latvian smaida "smile," smaidît "to smile, mock"

Note: The comparative set for this Germanic etymon do not show clear descent from a single form, perhaps due to its affective character. There is no attested Old English ancestor of Middle English smilen; a Scandinavian source has been suggested, but Danish smile "to smile" and Swedish smila, not attested before the 17th century, could be loans from an unattested Middle Low German verb. Old High German has smilenter (glossing Latin subridens "smiling"), with presumed long vowel, continued by Middle High German smielen. Kiliaen's 1599 Dutch dictionary enters smuylen "subridere," apparently with a different vocalism. Parallel to these are a group of forms with -r- rather than -l-: Old English smerian "to laugh, scorn," Old High German smierēn, smierōn (with e2?) "to smile," Old English bismerian and Old High German bismerōn "to mock, insult," and, with different vocalism, Old English smǣr, smǣre "lip(s)," gālsmǣre "inclined to laugh, frivolous." The forms with -r- have been compared with Sanskrit (Vedic) á-smera- "not bashful, confiding," and particularly with Latin mīrus "remarkable, amazing," presumed to be derivative of a neuter *mīrum, going back to a noun *smei̯-ro- "laughter, smiling," (though a semantic shift from "laughter" to "astonishment" is questionable).

Noun

Middle English smyle, derivative of smilen "to smile entry 1"

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of smile was in the 14th century

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