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smell /smel/ noun- The sense by which the odours of gases, vapours and very finely divided substances are perceived, located in the higher animals in the mucous membrane of the nose
- The specific sensation excited by such a substance
- The property of exciting it
- An act or instance of exercising the sense
- A pleasant scent or (often) an unpleasant one
- A smack, savour, sense, property of suggesting, intimation (figurative)
intransitive verb (pat and pap smelled or smelt)- To affect the sense of smell
- To have an odour (esp unpleasant), or an odour (of)
- To have or use the sense of smell
- To have a savour, give a suggestion (of something) (figurative)
transitive verb- To perceive, detect, find, by smell (often with out)
- To be aware of by intuition
- To take a smell at
- To impart a smell to
- To emit a smell of
ORIGIN: Very early ME smel, prob OE but not recorded smellˈable adjective smellˈer noun smellˈiness noun smellˈing noun and adjective smellˈ-less adjective smellˈy adjective Having an unpleasant smell smellˈ-feast noun (obsolete) A sponger smelling bottle noun A bottle of smelling salts or the like smelling salts plural noun A preparation of ammonium carbonate with lavender, etc, used as a stimulant in cases of fainting, etc smellˈ-trap noun A drain-trap smell a rat see under rat1 smell at To sniff at, take a smell at smelling of roses see under rose1 smell of - To have the smell of
- To savour of
smell out - To find out (eg a scandal) by prying
- To detect by witchcraft (S Afr)
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