smile

smile is on the Basic English 850 List.

smell - smile - smoke

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /smaɪl/
• SAMPA: /smaIl/

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Verb

Plain form smile

Third-person singular smiles

Past tense smiled

Past participle smiled

Present participle smiling

1. To put one's mouth in a form which shows that one is happy; to have the sides of one's mouth higher than the middle.

   She smiled at me. I think she likes me!

• 
  A picture of a smile
• 
  This woman is smiling

Noun

Singular smile

Plural smiles

1. The act of smiling; the form of one's mouth when one is smiling.

   A visit to the fair always brings a smile to my face.