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Quick definitions from WordNet (smell)
▸ noun: the act of perceiving the odor of something
▸ noun: the faculty of smell
▸ noun: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form ("She loved the smell of roses")
▸ noun: any property detected by the olfactory system
▸ noun: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people ("It had the smell of treason")
▸ verb: emit an odor ("The soup smells good")
▸ verb: smell bad ("He rarely washes, and he smells")
▸ verb: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
▸ Also see smelt
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▸ noun: the act of perceiving the odor of something
▸ noun: the faculty of smell
▸ noun: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form ("She loved the smell of roses")
▸ noun: any property detected by the olfactory system
▸ noun: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people ("It had the smell of treason")
▸ verb: emit an odor ("The soup smells good")
▸ verb: smell bad ("He rarely washes, and he smells")
▸ verb: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
▸ Also see smelt
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to smell
▸ Usage examples for smell
▸ Idioms related to smell (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing smell
▸ Words that often appear near smell
▸ Rhymes of smell
▸ Invented words related to smell