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- Dictionarysmell/smɛl/
noun
- 1. the faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose: "a highly developed sense of smell"
verb
- 1. perceive or detect the odour or scent of (something): "I think I can smell something burning" Similar
- 2. emit an odour or scent of a specified kind: "it smelled like cough medicine"
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to have a particular quality that others can notice with their noses: My hands smell of onions. That cake smells good. There's something in the fridge that smells mouldy. Your feet smell (= have an unpleasant smell). Why don't you wash them? More examplesFewer examples. Those toilets smell foul! This milk smells funny.
smell, scent, odor, aroma mean the quality that makes a thing perceptible to the olfactory sense. smell implies solely the sensation without suggestion of quality or character. scent applies to the characteristic smell given off by a substance, an animal, or a plant.
1. (transitive) to perceive the scent or odour of (a substance) by means of the olfactory nerves. 2. (copula) to have a specified smell; appear to the sense of smell to be. the beaches smell of seaweed. some tobacco smells very sweet. 3. (intransitive; often foll by of) to emit an odour (of) the park smells of flowers.
Smell definition: to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of. See examples of SMELL used in a sentence.
1. (Physiology) ( tr) to perceive the scent or odour of (a substance) by means of the olfactory nerves. 2. ( copula) to have a specified smell; appear to the sense of smell to be: the beaches smell of seaweed; some tobacco smells very sweet. 3. (often foll by: of) to emit an odour (of): the park smells of flowers.
Smell is one of your five senses—the one you use your nose for. Dogs have such a sharp sense of smell that they can sniff out things like explosives and drugs. Your sense of smell gives you important information, like "this milk is sour," or "I need a shower."
Definition of smell noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
