smile
IPA: smˈaɪɫ
noun
- 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.
- (figurative) Favour; propitious regard.
- (slang, dated) A drink bought by one person for another.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
- (transitive) To express by smiling.
- (intransitive) To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
- (intransitive) To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
- (intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.
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Examples of "smile" in Sentences
- He has a beatific smile.
- A woman should lie and smile.
- He smiled at the waggish humor.
- Have an idea for a smile or a scowl
- It was lovely to get the turkey and the smile.
- We think of Brecht: a smile is a kind of indifference to injustice.
- A man should be sitting in the chair and smile of unspeakable happiness.
- "_Conform a smile to lightning_, make a _smile_ imitate _lightning_, and
- It is beautiful, feels unbelievable and just puts a big ole smile on my face * smile*
- And, of course, I couldn’t help but smile with how much of what you said I agreed with *smile*
- In fact, the smile is a surprisingly persistent motif the literature and mythology of warfare.
- I have always a smile on my face because, as I always say, the smile is the shortest distance between two people.
- Alas, I have no dowry to give you, save the blessing of your dear old -- your dear fond, _fond_ father, _ (kisses her forehead) _ But only obey me in this, and Lady Fortune will smile on us all -- smile -- _smile_.
- Tomorrow imma smile and be happy Ü and imma talk to mary who will also be alone for Valentines Day Imma be on the phone wif her just talking so that we wont be alone * smile* I miss Mary although she seemed like a bad friend but I realize that she needed a friend too I miss her so much and I miss Sergio too. .aww I wanna go back ...
- If it were possible to smile in my present mood, I think I should indulge _one smile_ at the thought of falling in love with a woman who has scarcely had education enough to enable her to write her name, who has been confined to her bed about eighteen months by a rheumatism contracted by too assiduous application to the wash-tub, and who often boasts that she was born, not above forty-five years ago, in an upper story of the mansion at Mount