smell

IPA: smˈɛɫ

noun

  • A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
  • (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
  • A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

verb

  • (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
  • (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
  • (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
  • (intransitive, figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
  • To detect or perceive; often with out.
  • (obsolete) To give heed to.
  • (transitive) To smell of; to have a smell of
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Examples of "smell" in Sentences

  • The smell in the room was intense.
  • They have a good sense of smell and binocular vision.
  • They are also blind, but have a preternatural sense of smell.
  • The sweet fragrance resembles the sweet smell of jasmine flowers.
  • The lower pair, aural tentacles, provide the slug's sense of smell.
  • Damage to the olfactory bulb results in a loss of the sense of smell.
  • By seeing the form and smelling the fragrance, ghosts know the flavor.
  • 'Machine olfaction' is the automated simulation of the sense of smell.
  • I like the tactile nature of a book, the feel, the look, the smell, etc.
  • The man wants to kill and feels nostalgic about the smell of boiling rice.

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