smell
/smɛl/
verb
- To perceive or detect an odor with the nose.
- She leaned over to smell the roses in the garden.
- The dog can smell a squirrel from across the yard.
- I can smell the fresh bread baking in the kitchen.
- To have a particular odor; to give off a smell.
- This perfume smells like lavender and vanilla.
- The garbage smells terrible in the summer heat.
- The old books smell musty and sweet.
- To detect or suspect something by intuition or investigation.
- She could smell a lie from a mile away.
- I smell trouble when those two start arguing.
- The detective smelled something suspicious about the alibi.
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noun
- The quality of something that is perceived by the nose; an odor.
- The smell of rain on dry earth is very pleasant.
- A strange smell came from the basement.
- There was a sweet smell of honey in the air.
- The sense by which odors are perceived; the ability to detect scents.
- His smell is so sharp he can identify spices blindfolded.
- After the cold, she temporarily lost her sense of smell.
- Dogs have an excellent sense of smell.