Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sense of smell; olfaction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who smells.
- noun The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.
- noun a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
smell . - verb Used in adjectival compounds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of perceiving the odor of something
- adjective (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous
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Examples
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a faculty so separate as in her, so positive and salient, like smelling or sight -- more like _smelling_: for it is the faculty, half Reason, half
The Purple Cloud 1906
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Now that Galifianakis is in L.A. to promote his movie he's staying in a hotel, which he described as smelling like "if a foot could fart," which was just one of the his many ridiculous quotes.
Zach Galifianakis Talks Snooki, Farming, And Visiting A Mental Hospital On Kimmel (VIDEO) 2010
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Now that Galifianakis is in L.A. to promote his movie he's staying in a hotel, which he described as smelling like "if a foot could fart," which was just one of the his many ridiculous quotes.
Zach Galifianakis Talks Snooki, Farming, And Visiting A Mental Hospital On Kimmel (VIDEO) 2010
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Now that Galifianakis is in L.A. to promote his movie he's staying in a hotel, which he described as smelling like "if a foot could fart," which was just one of the his many ridiculous quotes.
Zach Galifianakis Talks Snooki, Farming, And Visiting A Mental Hospital On Kimmel (VIDEO) 2010
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Now that Galifianakis is in L.A. to promote his movie he's staying in a hotel, which he described as smelling like "if a foot could fart," which was just one of the his many ridiculous quotes.
Zach Galifianakis Talks Snooki, Farming, And Visiting A Mental Hospital On Kimmel (VIDEO) 2010
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Now that Galifianakis is in L.A. to promote his movie he's staying in a hotel, which he described as smelling like "if a foot could fart," which was just one of the his many ridiculous quotes.
Zach Galifianakis Talks Snooki, Farming, And Visiting A Mental Hospital On Kimmel (VIDEO) 2010
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We came in smelling like hamburger grease and stayed until the paper was done, while the best teacher ever swept through to tear up a page or goose a lead.
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We came in smelling like hamburger grease and stayed until the paper was done, while the best teacher ever swept through to tear up a page or goose a lead.
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Building them a Mosque, and ensuring there are no pig farms within smelling distance?
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But make no mistake: This was not some weird, exiled Gershwin smelling of vodka and revolution.
Music review: the Post-Classical Ensemble's 'Russian Gershwin' evening Post 2010
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