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nounany property detected by the olfactory system
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"it had the smell of treason"nounthe general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on peopletype of:
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nounthe faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
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nounthe act of perceiving the odor of something
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"this passage smells of plagiarism"verbhave an element suggestive (of something)type of:
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"she loved the smell of roses"nounthe sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
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"I smell trouble" "smell out corruption"verbbecome aware of not through the senses but instinctivelytype of:
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"The soup smells good"verbemit an odortype of:
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verbinhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sensetype of:
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"He rarely washes, and he smells"verbsmell bad
Definition that contains smell
- smell smell bad
- stink smell badly and offensively
- sour smelling of fermentation or staleness
- reek smell badly and offensively
- rancid smelling of fermentation or staleness
- beery smelling of beer
- bilgy smelling like bilge water
- violet-scented smelling of violets
- lemon-scented smelling of lemons
- apple-scented smelling of apples