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'smell' - used as a noun
Synonyms for 'smell'
1. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
she loved the smell of roses
2. any property detected by the olfactory system
3. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
it had the smell of treason
4. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
5. the act of perceiving the odor of something

'smell' - used as a verb
6. inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
7. emit an odor
The soup smells good
8. smell bad
He rarely washes, and he smells

derived forms
1. Smell / Plural
smells
2. Smell / Past
smelt
3. Smell / Third Person
smells
4. Smell / Present Participle
smelling
5. Smell / Past
smelled
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