(~s, ~ing, ~ed, smelt)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: American English usually uses the form '~ed' as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either '~ed' or 'smelt'.
1.
The ~ of something is a quality it has which you become aware of when you breathe in through your nose.
...the ~ of freshly baked bread.
...horrible ~s...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
2.
Your sense of ~ is the ability that your nose has to detect things.
...people who lose their sense of ~.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If something ~s in a particular way, it has a quality which you become aware of through your nose.
The room ~ed of lemons...
It ~s delicious.
...a crumbly black substance that ~s like fresh soil.
V-LINK: V of n, V adj, V like n
4.
If you say that something ~s, you mean that it ~s unpleasant.
Ma threw that out. She said it ~ed...
Do my feet ~?
VERB: V, V
5.
If you ~ something, you become aware of it when you breathe in through your nose.
As soon as we opened the front door we could ~ the gas.
VERB: V n
6.
If you ~ something, you put your nose near it and breathe in, so that you can discover its ~.
I took a fresh rose out of the vase on our table, and ~ed it.
= sniff
VERB: V n
7.
to ~ a rat: see rat