smile
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 →
2) A smile is that happy look on your face. tree →
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 →
- Smile for the photo! tree →
- The baby gave a big smile. tree →
- His kind words put a smile on my face. tree →
- I smiled back at the new girl. tree →
- The fox gave a sly smile in the story. tree →
- Even when he was nervous, he tried to smile. tree →
- A smile is a friendly way to say hello. tree →
- But the Skin Horse only smiled. tree →
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.
- Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.
- Mum gives him a smile and buys him a coffee.
- Ollie gasps, "What's broken?" Dad smiles: "Nothing's broken, bud.
- Arrive late or forget a name and you say the shy bù hǎoyìsi, with a smile.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «smile» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.