smell

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NGSL Rank: 1788
smell
smɛl Listen
Meanings
noun
  • the faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose.
    E.g. a highly developed sense of smell
verb
  • perceive or detect the odour or scent of (something).
    E.g. I think I can smell something burning
  • emit an odour or scent of a specified kind.
    E.g. it smelled like cough medicine

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