Definition of "smell"
- noun
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
The sense that detects odours.
- verb
To sense a smell or smells.
To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of".
Smell bad, stink.
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