smell
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(noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something |
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Synonyms: smelling |
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Related Words: perceiving, perception, sensing, sniff, snuff |
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(verb) emit an odor; "The soup smells good" |
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Related Words: cause to be perceived, smell |
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(verb) smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" |
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Related Words: reek, smell, stink |
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(verb) inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense |
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Related Words: comprehend, get a noseful, get a whiff, nose, perceive, scent, sniff, snuff, snuffle, whiff, wind |
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(noun) the faculty of smell |
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Synonyms: olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell |
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Related Words: exteroception, modality, nose, sense modality, sensory system |
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(noun) the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" |
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Synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation |
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Related Words: acridity, aroma, fetor, foetor, fragrance, malodor, malodour, perfume, pungency, reek, scent, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, stench, stink |
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(noun) any property detected by the olfactory system |
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Synonyms: aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent |
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Related Words: bouquet, foulness, fragrance, malodorousness, malodourousness, property, rankness, redolence, stinkiness, sweetness |
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(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" |
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Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, look, spirit, tone |
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Related Words: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere |
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