smile

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[edit] English

A smile
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From Middle Low German *smilen or from a Scandinavian source (Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk smile). Compare Latin miror.

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Singular
smile

Plural
smiles

smile (plural smiles)

  1. A happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice.
    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.

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Infinitive
to smile

Third person singular
smiles

Simple past
smiled

Past participle
smiled

Present participle
smiling

to smile (third-person singular simple present smiles, present participle smiling, simple past and past participle smiled)

  1. (intransitive) To make a small happy face expression using mouth, (without sound.)
    When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
    She smiled at me through the window.
    I don't know wha he's smiling about.
    She smiles a beautiful smile.

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