Definitions for smelling



Overview of noun smelling

The noun smelling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. smell, smelling

(the act of perceiving the odor of something)


Overview of verb smell

The verb smell has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (14) smell

(inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)

2. (12) smell

(emit an odor; "The soup smells good")

3. (3) smell

(smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells")

4. smack, reek, smell

(have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism")

5. smell, smell out, sense

(become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption")


Overview of adj smelling

The adj smelling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. redolent, smelling

((used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey")

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