Smell

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NOUN

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

any property detected by the olfactory system

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

the act of perceiving the odor of something

VERB

inhale the odor of

emit an odor

smell bad

have an element suggestive (of something)

become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

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