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atrophy
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ??????? (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ????? (troph?, “nourishment”), from ????? (tréph?, “I fatten”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ.t??.fi/
Noun
atrophy (countable and uncountable, plural atrophies)
- (pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. [from early 17th c.]
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
atrophy (third-person singular simple present atrophies, present participle atrophying, simple past and past participle atrophied)
- (intransitive) To wither or waste away. [from early 18th c.]
- (transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
Antonyms
- hypertrophy
- strengthen
Translations
See also
- -trophy
- hypotrophy
Further reading
- atrophy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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smile
English
Etymology
From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Old Norse smíla (“to smile”) (compare Danish smile, Swedish smila (“to smile”)), from Proto-Germanic *sm?lijan?, *smir?n? (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smier?n (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin miror (“to wonder at”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sma?l/, /?sma?.?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
smile (plural smiles)
- A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:smile
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- (figuratively) Favour; propitious regard.
- (slang, dated) A drink bought by one person for another.
- Synonym: treat
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Translations
Verb
smile (third-person singular simple present smiles, present participle smiling, simple past and past participle smiled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
- (transitive) To express by smiling.
- (intransitive) To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
- (intransitive) To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
- (intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.
Derived terms
- smiler
Translations
Anagrams
- Imels, Liems, Miles, limes, miles, milse, misle, slime
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse smíla (“to smile”), from Proto-Germanic *sm?lijan?, *smir?n? (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smi?lø/, [?smi??l?]
- Rhymes: -i?l?
Verb
smile (imperative smil, infinitive at smile, present tense smiler, past tense smilede, perfect tense har smilet)
- to smile
Related terms
- smil
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
smile (imperative smil, present tense smiler, simple past smilte, past participle smilt, present participle smilende)
- to smile
- smile fra øre til øre - grin from ear to ear
- Smil til kameraet. - Smile for the camera.
Related terms
- smil (noun)
References
- “smile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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