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noun 
  1. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
I love the of fresh bread.
  1. (physiology) The sense that detects smells.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: reukzin
  • German: Geruch
  • Italian: odore
    1. Italian, odore
      (trans-mid)
    2. Spanish: olor
    3. French: odorat
verb (smells, smelling, smelled or smelt)
  1. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
I can fresh bread.
Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.
  1. (context, transitive, followed by like or of) To have the smell (of).
His feet of cheese.
The bum smelt like a brewery.
  1. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
The roses lovely.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: ruiken, geuren, stinken (unpleasant)
  • French: sentir
  • German: riechen, stinken (unpleasant)
  • Italian: sentire
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: oler

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