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smile

(smīl)

A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision.

v. smiled, smil·ing, smiles

v.intr.

1. To have or form a smile.

a. To look with favor or approval: Fortune smiled on our efforts.

b. To express cheerful acceptance or equanimity: We smiled at the bad weather and kept going.

v.tr.

To express with a smile: Grandmother smiled her consent.

[From Middle English smilen, to smile, probably of Scandinavian origin; see smei- in Indo-European roots.]

smil′er n.

smil′ing·ly adv.

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Noun	1.	smiling - a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement grin, grinning, smile facial expression, facial gesture - a gesture executed with the facial muscles simper - a silly self-conscious smile smirk - a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
Adj.	1.	smiling - smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus" beamish, twinkly cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

Translations

مُبْتَسِم

úsměvný

lächelnd

χαμογελαστά χαμογελαστός

sonriente risueño

souriant

mosolygó

brosandi

smilende

úsmevný

gülümseyen

带笑的

smiling

[ˈsmaɪlɪŋ] ADJ → sonriente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

smiling

[ˈsmaɪlɪŋ] adj [person, face] → souriant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

smiling

adj, smilingly

adv → lächelnd

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

smiling

[ˈsmaɪlɪŋ] adj → sorridente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

smile

(smail) verb

to show pleasure, amusement etc by turning up the corners of the mouth. He smiled warmly at her as he shook hands; They all smiled politely at the joke; He asked her what she was smiling at.

noun

an act of smiling, or the resulting facial expression. `How do you do?' he said with a smile; the happy smiles of the children.

ˈsmiling adjective

a happy, smiling face.

be all smiles

to be, or look, very happy. He was all smiles when he heard the good news.

smiling

a. risueño-a.

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With a slight rustle of her white dress trimmed with moss and ivy, with a gleam of white shoulders, glossy hair, and sparkling diamonds, she passed between the men who made way for her, not looking at any of them but smiling on all, as if graciously allowing each the privilege of admiring her beautiful figure and shapely shoulders, back, and bosom- which in the fashion of those days were very much exposed- and she seemed to bring the glamour of a ballroom with her as she moved toward Anna Pavlovna.

There was a general movement as the princess, smiling and talking merrily to everyone at once, sat down and gaily arranged herself in her seat.

The vicomte appreciated this silent praise and smiling gratefully prepared to continue, but just then Anna Pavlovna, who had kept a watchful eye on the young man who so alarmed her, noticed that he was talking too loudly and vehemently with the abbe, so she hurried to the rescue.

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Now sayest thou to me, smiling and full of melancholy: "Which of us oweth thanks?--

O my soul, I understand the smiling of thy melancholy: thine over- abundance itself now stretcheth out longing hands!

Thy fulness looketh forth over raging seas, and seeketh and waiteth: the longing of over-fulness looketh forth from the smiling heaven of thine eyes!

Thy graciousness and over-graciousness, is it which will not complain and weep: and yet, O my soul, longeth thy smiling for tears, and thy trembling mouth for sobs.

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What rises of its own accord is a young man smiling, gleefully.

Smile and say "jeans!" (use of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe to advertise Helmut Lang jeans)

and she didn't stop smiling. The lilt in her voice made her sound like a talk show hostess.

Finesse in quality service - beyond 'a smile in every aisle.'

5) to create GS based on gummy smile scale proposed by Kurpis.22 This scale measures the amount of gingival tissue displayed as a percentage of tooth height which classify it into: a) Mild: where the amount of gingival tissue shown during smiling is 1-25% of tooth length, b) Moderate: where the amount of gingival tissue shown during smiling is 25-50% of tooth length, c) Advanced: where the amount of gingival tissue shown during smiling is 50-100% of tooth length, and d) Severe: where the amount of gingival tissue shown during smiling is more than 100% of tooth length.

PERCEPTION OF FEMALE DENTAL STUDENTS TO SOME GINGIVAL DEFECTS

Smiling may be a universal sign of positivity, but there are cultural differences.

An American woman quits smiling

A STOCKTON dental practice is investing PS75,000 to get Teessiders smiling again.