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smell


Definition: Meaning of, smell in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / smɛl /

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Singular Plural
smell smells
  1. [countable] the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nose
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  2. [countable] an unpleasant smell
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  3. [uncountable] the ability to notice or recognize smells
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  4. [countable usually singular] an act of smelling something
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
smell smelled, smelt smelled, smelt
Present Participle Third Person Singular
smelling smells
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  1. notice a smell [transitive not in progressive] to notice or recognize a particular smell
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  2. have a smell [linking verb] to have a particular smell
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  3. have a bad smell [intransitive not in progressive] to have an unpleasant smell
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  4. put your nose near something [transitive] to put your nose near something in order to discover what kind of smell it has [=  sniff]
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  5. have ability [intransitive] to have the ability to notice and recognize smells
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  6. smell trouble/danger etc to feel that something is going to happen, especially something bad
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  7. smell a rat informal to guess that something wrong or dishonest is happening
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  8. smell wrong/fishy/odd etc informal to seem dishonest or untrue
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smell used in phrases

  • sense of smell (noun)
    1. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
  • smell a rat (verb)
    1. informal to sense something suspicious
  • smell out (verb)
    1. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
    2. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
  • smell up (verb)
    1. cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell
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