smile

Universal Words verb, noun verb 1 [V] ~ (at sb/sth) to make a smile appear on your face: to smile sweetly / faintly / broadly * She smiled at him and he smiled back. * He smiled with relief. * He never seems to smile. * I had to smile at (= was amused by) his optimism. * Her eyes smiled up at him. * He smiled to think how naive he used to be. 2 to say or express sth with a smile: [VN] She smiled her thanks. * [Vspeech] 'Perfect,' he smiled. 3 [VN] [nopassive] (written) to give a smile of a particular type: to smile a slow / small / grim / knowing smile * She smiled a smile of dry amusement. IDIOMS see EAR PHRASALVERBS smile on sb/sth (formal) if luck, etc. smiles on you, you are lucky or successful noun the expression that you have on your face when you are happy, amused, etc. in which the corners of your mouth turn upwards: 'Oh, hello,' he said, with a smile. * She gave a wry smile. * He had a big smile on his face. * I'm going to wipe that smile off your face (= make you stop thinking this is funny). IDIOMS all smiles looking very happy, especially soon after you have been looking worried or sad: Twelve hours later she was all smiles again.