| VERB | body | smile | change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure |
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| communication | smile | express with a smile | |
| NOUN | communication | smile, smiling, grin, grinning | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth |
| Sounds | smay'l | |
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| Rhymes | aisle ... worthwhile: 64 rhymes with ayl... | |
| Meaning | A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement. | |
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| Synonyms | smiling, grin, grinning | |
| Narrower | simper | A silly self-conscious smile |
| smirk | A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure | |
| Broader | facial expression, facial gesture | A gesture executed with the facial muscles |
| Spanish | sonreír, sonrisa abierta, sonrisa | |
| Catalan | somrís, somriure | |
| Verbs | smile | change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure |
| smile | express with a smile | |
| Meaning | change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Narrower | beam | smile radiantly |
| dimple | produce dimples while smiling | |
| grin | To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl | |
| smirk, simper | smile affectedly or derisively | |
| sneer | smile contemptuously | |
| Broader | grimace, make a face, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state |
| Spanish | sonreír | |
| Catalan | somriure | |
| Nouns | smile, smiling | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth |
| smiler | the human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British) | |
| smiler | a person who smiles | |
| Meaning | Express with a smile. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "She smiled her thanks" | |
| Broader | express, show, evince | Give expression / expression to |
| Nouns | smile | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth |
| smiler | a person who smiles | |
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