Smell (Verb)
Meaning 1
Emit an odor; "The soup smells good".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 2
Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense.
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 3
Have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 4
Smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 5
Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "I smell trouble"; "smell out corruption".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.