smell
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Is smell a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of smell?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.Synonyms: olfaction, sense of smellcountableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.Examples: "I can smell fresh bread."; "Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off."Synonyms: detect, sensetransitive
2. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.Examples: "I smell a device."Synonyms: detect, sensebroadlytransitive
3. (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.Examples: "The roses smell lovely."; "Her feet smell of cheese."; "The drunkard smelt like a brewery."Synonyms: pong, reek, stink, whiffcopulativeintransitive
4. (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.Examples: "I do smell all horse-piss"Synonyms: pong, reek, stink, whiffbroadlycopulativeintransitive
5. (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.Examples: "Ew, this restroom smells (loathsomely)."Synonyms: pong, reek, stink, whiffcopulativeintransitive
6. (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.Examples: "A report smells of calumny."; "Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft."Synonyms: pong, reek, stink, whiffcopulativefigurativelyintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary