smile
/ˈsmaɪl/ verb B1- To have (a smile) on one's face. · When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.· I don't know what he's smiling about.
- To express by smiling. · to smile consent, or a welcome
- To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
- To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy. · The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.
- To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.
- Of ackee fruit: to open fully, indicating that it is no longer toxic, and ready to be picked.
He/she/it smiles · Past smiled · Past participle smiled · -ing form smiling
Verb forms
- Base form
- smile
- He/she/it
- smiles
- Past
- smiled
- Past participle
- smiled
- -ing form
- smiling
From the library
On the smiling valleys;
Smiling and kind, you grace a shelf
With gently smiling jaws!”
“I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and, what’s more, I don’t believe you do either!” And the Eaglet bent down its head to hide a smile: some of the other birds tittered audibly.
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