SMELL


Meaning of SMELL in English

(~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

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