smile

smile is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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.