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# smile

«smile» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make your mouth curve up at the ends, often showing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a smile, smiles); verb (smile, smiles, smiled, smiling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To smile means to make your mouth curve up at the ends, often showing your teeth, because you are happy, friendly or amused. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#m1)

2) A smile is that happy look on your face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about feelings and manners, a smile shows friendliness and helps when you greet people or make new friends. In stories a smile can be warm, shy, sly or nervous, and tells the reader how a character feels. People across the world understand a smile, though a smile does not always mean someone is truly happy or kind. Phrases: smile at, a big smile, a warm smile, smile back, put a smile on someone's face.

### examples

- She smiled at me when I came into the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x1)
- Smile for the photo! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x2)
- The baby gave a big smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x3)
- His kind words put a smile on my face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x4)
- I smiled back at the new girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x5)
- The fox gave a sly smile in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x6)
- Even when he was nervous, he tried to smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x7)
- A smile is a friendly way to say hello. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x8)
- But the Skin Horse only smiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: smiled, smiling (drop the «e»). «Smile at someone», not «smile to». A smile from a stranger is not a reason to trust them or go with them. A grin is a wide smile; a smirk is an unkind or smug smile.

### In the corpora

- [In Melbourne, Mum smiles at Dad over dinner and says, "We've got some news.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/3/)
- [Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/2/)
- [Mum gives him a smile and buys him a coffee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/7/)
- [Ollie gasps, "What's broken?" Dad smiles: "Nothing's broken, bud.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/6/)
- [Arrive late or forget a name and you say the shy bù hǎoyìsi, with a smile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smile» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smile/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.