smell
Nouns
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(n) the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- she loved the smell of roses
- (n) any property detected by the olfactory system aroma, odor, olfactory property, odour, scent,
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(n) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- the feel of the city excited him
- a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
- it had the smell of treason
- (n) the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell,
- (n) the act of perceiving the odor of something smelling,
Verbs
- (v) inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
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(v) emit an odor
- The soup smells good
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(v) smell bad
- He rarely washes, and he smells
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(v) have an element suggestive (of something)
- his speeches smacked of racism
- this passage smells of plagiarism
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(v) become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
- I sense his hostility
- i smell trouble
- smell out corruption