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    • smell :the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
      • she loved the smell of roses

    • smell :emit an odor
      • The soup smells good

    • smell :the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
      • the feel of the city excited him|a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting|it had the smell of treason

    • smell :smell bad
      • He rarely washes, and he smells

    • smell :have an element suggestive (of something)
      • his speeches smacked of racism|this passage smells of plagiarism

    • smell :become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
      • I sense his hostility|I smell trouble|smell out corruption

    • smell :inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

      • smell :any property detected by the olfactory system

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