SMILE
Dictionary entry overview: What does smile mean?
• SMILE (noun)
The noun SMILE has 1 sense:
1. a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
Familiarity information: SMILE used as a noun is very rare.
• SMILE (verb)
The verb SMILE has 2 senses:
1. change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
2. express with a smile
Familiarity information: SMILE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SMILE (noun)
Meaning:
A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
grin; grinning; smile; smiling
Hypernyms ("smile" is a kind of...):
facial expression; facial gesture (a gesture executed with the facial muscles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smile"):
simper (a silly self-conscious smile)
smirk (a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure)
• SMILE (verb)
Meaning:
Change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "smile" is one way to...):
grimace; make a face; pull a face (contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "smile"):
dimple (produce dimples while smiling)
grin (to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl)
beam (smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression)
simper; smirk (smile affectedly or derisively)
sneer (smile contemptuously)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Express with a smile
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
She smiled her thanks
Hypernyms (to "smile" is one way to...):
evince; express; show (give expression to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
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