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smell

Smell is the sense by which people take in scents through their nose, or an odor or the act of sensing or giving off an odor. (noun)

  1. An example of smell is how people sniff out what is cooking in the kitchen.
  2. An example of a smell is the scent of homemade cookies.

To smell means to take in or give off a scent. (verb)

An example of to smell is to breathe in the scent of fresh flowers.

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