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smile

noun
/ˈsmaɪl/

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”).

  1. derived from *smey-✻ — “to laugh, be glad, wonder”
  2. derived from *smilāną✻ — “to smile”
  3. derived from *smilēn✻
  4. derived from smielēn
  5. derived from smielen
  6. derived from *smîlen✻ — “to smile”
  7. inherited from smilen — “to smile”

Definitions

  1. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often…

    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.
    • He has a sinister smile.
    • She had a smile on her face.

  2. Favour

    Favour; propitious regard.

    • the smile of the gods

  3. A drink bought by one person for another.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. 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.
      • She smiles a beautiful smile.

    2. To express by smiling.

      • to smile consent, or a welcome
      • Mr Carlyle smiled his indulgence privately. "My dear chap, you mustn't let your retentive memory of obscure happenings run away with you," he remarked wisely.

    3. To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.

      • When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.

    4. To look cheerful and joyous

      To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.

      • The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.

    5. To be propitious or favourable

      To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.

      • The gods smiled on his labours.

    6. Of ackee fruit

      Of ackee fruit: to open fully, indicating that it is no longer toxic, and ready to be picked.

      • 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.

    7. Abbreviation of small incision lenticule extraction

      Abbreviation of small incision lenticule extraction: corrective eye surgery in which a femtosecond laser photodisrupts ("carves") a lenticule of tissue within the corneal stroma that is then extracted through a small arc-shaped incision in the side of the cornea.

The neighborhood

Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for smile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA