[
US
/ˈsmɛɫ/
]
[ UK /smˈɛl/ ]
[ UK /smˈɛl/ ]
NOUN
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the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
it had the smell of treason
a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
the feel of the city excited him - the act of perceiving the odor of something
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the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
she loved the smell of roses - any property detected by the olfactory system
- the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
VERB
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emit an odor
The soup smells good -
have an element suggestive (of something)
this passage smells of plagiarism
his speeches smacked of racism - inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
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smell bad
He rarely washes, and he smells -
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
I smell trouble
I sense his hostility
smell out corruption
How To Use smell In A Sentence
- And, yes, the otherwise companionless apartment smelled like love for a few weeks each spring. The Orangery
- The air smells like moist potting soil, the skin of potatoes… the damp chalk of limestone.
- These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
- There is a faint hissing sound and a burning smell. Times, Sunday Times
- Enveloped in that smell, I would play grown up and sit in the office sometimes, studiously recording the numbers of the vehicles that came in for work on the twin ramps over the six-foot-deep pit where the mufflers were installed.
- Wrinkles creased his furry muzzle, as though he was smelling something foul.
- There was a powerful smell of stale beer.
- We could yet emerge from all this smelling of roses. The Sun
- He filled it with tobacco and lit it, puffing the sweet smelling smoke around the car.
- In some cases, the vomited milk may smell curdled because it has mixed with stomach acid.
