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Smell

smɛl

Smell definitions
noun
smell smells
  1. the faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose

    "a highly developed sense of smell"

    • a quality in something that is perceived by the faculty of smell; an odour or scent

      "lingering kitchen smells"

    • an unpleasant odour

      "twenty-seven cats lived there—you can imagine the smell!"

    • an act of inhaling in order to ascertain an odour or scent

      "have a smell of this"

verb
smelt smelled smell smelling smells
  1. perceive or detect the odour or scent of (something)

    "I think I can smell something burning"

    get a whiff of scent get a sniff of detect the smell of
    • sniff at (something) in order to perceive or detect its odour or scent

      "the dogs smell each other"

    • detect or suspect (something) by means of instinct or intuition

      "he can smell trouble long before it gets serious"

  2. emit an odour or scent of a specified kind

    "it smelled like cough medicine"

    • have a strong or unpleasant odour

      "if I don't get a bath soon I'll start to smell"

    • appear in a certain way; be suggestive of something

      "it smells like a hoax to me"