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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
  • physiology The sense that detects smells.

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Verb:

  • transitive|followed by '''like''' ''or'' '''of''' To have the smell (of).
  • intransitive To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
  • transitive To sense a smell or smells.

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