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smil'd

smil'd is the simple past and past participle of smile.

Meaning of smile

Verb

smile (third-person singular simple present smiles, present participle smiling, simple past and past participle smiled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
    • When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
  2. (transitive) To express by smiling.
    • to smile consent, or a welcome
  3. (intransitive) To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
    • When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza I
  4. (intransitive) To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
    • The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.
  5. (intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.
    • The gods smiled on his labours.
  6. (intransitive) Of ackee fruit: to open fully, indicating that it is no longer toxic, and ready to be picked.
    • The fruit looks a bit like a large pink mango or guava, until it has ripened. Then it “smiles,” bursting open, exposing yellow meat with black seeds.2003, Jessica B. Harris, Beyond Gumbo: Creole Fusion Food from the Atlantic Rim, page 20

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Questions about smil'd

What is smil'd the simple past and past participle of?
Smil'd is the simple past and past participle of smile.

Words near smil'd in the dictionary

  1. Smigiel
  2. Smigiels
  3. Smigielski
  4. Smigielskis
  5. SMIL
  6. smil'd
  7. Smila
  8. smilacaceous
  9. smilaceous
  10. smilacin
  11. smilacine

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