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lach — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • laugh verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
  • smile noun A facial expression made by curving the mouth upward, usually showing happiness or friendliness.

Senses

lach is used for these senses in English:

  • laugh An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
  • laugh Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
  • laugh (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
  • smile 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.

laugh — full definition

  1. verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
  2. noun The act or sound of laughing.
  3. noun Something that causes amusement; a source of fun.

smile — full definition

  1. noun A facial expression made by curving the mouth upward, usually showing happiness or friendliness.
  2. verb To make this expression.

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