smiled
- 1Simple past and past participle of smile.
He smiled warmly as the guests arrived at the party.
They had smiled politely through the entire awkward dinner.
Note
A regular past form: the silent e of smile simply takes -d, and one spelling does both jobs, as in she smiled and she has smiled. The form keeps the verb's full reach. It can take its own noun as object (he smiled a thin smile), express something by smiling (she smiled her thanks), or turn figurative, as when fortune smiled on them. An ackee that has smiled has opened fully and is safe to pick.
She smiled her thanks and slipped out of the room.
Fortune smiled on the young company that year.
smiled is a form of smile
smile, verb: To turn up the corners of the mouth, usually in an expression of amusement, pleasure, affection, or kindness, sometimes in a smile of a particular kind. Full entry
- Spelling
- smile → smiled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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