adj
Meaning 1
That smiles or has a smile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- smiling children
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
smiling
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/
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rhymes with -aɪlɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: S M AY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The action of the verb to smile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of smile
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Examples
- They were smiling at the children.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smile, grin, grinning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: facial expression, facial gesture
Narrower terms: simper, smirk
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: усмихнат (usmihnat) — that smiles or has a smile
- Catalan: somrient — that smiles or has a smile
- French: souriant — that smiles or has a smile
- Galician: risoño — that smiles or has a smile
- Galician: riseiro — that smiles or has a smile
- Galician: cacarelo — that smiles or has a smile
- German: lächelnd — that smiles or has a smile
- Greek: χαμογελαστός (chamogelastós) — that smiles or has a smile
- Hungarian: mosolygó — that smiles or has a smile
- Latvian: smaidīgs — that smiles or has a smile
- Latvian: smaidošs — that smiles or has a smile
- Persian: خندان (xandân) — that smiles or has a smile
- Polish: uśmiechnięty — that smiles or has a smile
- Portuguese: sorridente — that smiles or has a smile
- Portuguese: risonho — that smiles or has a smile
- Spanish: sonriente — that smiles or has a smile
- Spanish: carialegre — that smiles or has a smile
- Telugu: హసితము (hasitamu) — that smiles or has a smile
- Turkish: güleç — that smiles or has a smile
- Turkish: mütebessim — that smiles or has a smile
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