smell

  1. Noun.  A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
  2. Noun.  (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, followed by '''like''' ''or'' '''of''') To have the smell (of).
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

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