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smell
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Word definitions for smell in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smell \Smell\ (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelled , Smelt ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling .] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. Smell , n.] To perceive ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 12c., "emit or perceive an odor," not found in Old English, perhaps cognate with Middle Dutch smolen , Low German smelen "to smolder" (see smolder ). However, OED says "no doubt of Old English origin, but not recorded, and not represented in any of ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. 2 (context physiology English) The sense that detects odours. vb. 1 (context transitive English) ...
Usage examples of smell.
Late-night cafes inNew Yorkwere apparently so familiar with this procedure that waiters and other diners would smile indulgently at Benzedrine abusers when they picked up the smell of menthol across the room.
None of the men in the household showed any more interest in the state of her health after Keith had commented on the acetone smell.
AUTHORIZED PERSONS ONLY, into the exhibit laboratory, a reassuringly familiar place with its display cases and smells of shellac and camphor, acetone and ethyl alcohol.
In addition, a fledgling has to contend with the devastating effect of daylight, the ability to see, hear and smell things way beyond mortal capabilities, and an extraordinary mental acuity to mold mortal minds.
Deaf people have always been remarkable for their acuteness of vision, touch, and smell.
Meg smelled of shampoo and cheap cosmetics and childhood, and Addle was overwhelmed by the shape and feel of a girl roughly the same age asChloe.
The doors were aflare with flickering lights from within, and the unctuous smell of frying pork was on the air.
She imagined the smell of the rain forest and the chatter of monkeys, the rustle of agoutis, the slither of anacondas, the screech of macaws.
The smell of the dream-inducing herbs she had brought in, cinquefoil, agrimony, angelica, and star anise, was beginning to make her head swim.
Suddenly, the smells and sights of the akasa chamber seemed unbearable.
The soothing smells of Akasha wafted slowly into her psyche, like a balm to her soul.
Thereafter as the night aged, they were shown to a sleeping chamber, which albeit not richly decked, or plenished with precious things, was most dainty clean, and sweet smelling, and strewn with flowers, so that the night was sweet to them in a chamber of love.
Antryg said softly, and a shiver went through him, although the bar, with its close-packed bodies, its smells of cigarettes and beer and synthetic aldehyde, was warm as a Jacuzzi.
Seregil inhaled the familiar morning smells of the tower as he and Alec headed up to the workroom the next morning- the mingled incense of parchment, candle smoke, and herbs overlaid with the more immediate aromas of breakfast.
The smell of dust and time was overcome by that of cinnamon and ambergris as they descended.