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Smile
Definitions
- 1 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.
"She's got a perfect smile."
- 2 a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement wordnet
- 3 Favour; propitious regard. figuratively
"the smile of the gods"
- 4 A drink bought by one person for another. dated, slang
- 1 To have (a smile) on one's face. ambitransitive
"When you smile, the whole world smiles with you."
- 2 change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure wordnet
- 3 To express by smiling. transitive
"to smile consent, or a welcome"
- 4 express with a smile wordnet
- 5 To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness. intransitive
"When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled."
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- 6 To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy. intransitive
"The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky."
- 7 To be propitious or favourable; to countenance. intransitive
"The gods smiled on his labours."
- 8 Of ackee fruit: to open fully, indicating that it is no longer toxic, and ready to be picked. intransitive
"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."
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”).
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”).
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