smell

to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves get the odor or scent of with the nose

The first known use: in the 12th century

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Sentence Examples

She leaned over and smelled the flowers.

I have a cold right now so I can't smell.

I can't smell anything because I'm so stuffed up.

I could smell dinner cooking.

I think I smell gas.

This car smells like mold.

Dogs have a keen sense of smell.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

aroma	bouquet	flavor
perfume	scent	stench

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

smell	smell out	smell somebody/something
out	smell a rat	the sweet smell of success
wake up and smell the coffee	smell, stink, etc. to high heaven	a rose by any other name would smell as sweet

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