Sekirov Dictionary

smell

/smɛl/

noun 3
verb 7
forms 7
phrases 14

noun3

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something that the nose notices, coming from food, flowers, smoke or other things
- I love the smell of fresh bread.
•
The sense that detects odours.
- In this interest we used the survey to obtain unique data about the memory-evoking power of smell. We found that the stronger the odor, the more likely it was to bring to mind a vivid memory. — 1987
•
A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- I’m just saying, this has a bad smell to it. — 2018

verb7

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To sense a smell or smells.
- I can smell fresh bread.
- Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.
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To detect or perceive; often with out.
- I smell a device. — 1601
•
Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- The roses smell lovely.
- Her feet smell of cheese.
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To smell of; to have a smell of
- I do smell all horse-piss — 1610
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To smell bad; to stink.
- Ew, this restroom smells (loathsomely).
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(figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
- A report smells of calumny.
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(no longer used) To give heed to.
- So from that tyme forwarde I began to smell the word of god, and forsoke the schole doctors and such foolries. — 1552

forms

smelled · smelt · smold · smelling · smelleth · smells · smellest

Phrases with smell

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