Smelling

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The sense of smell; olfaction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of one who smells.
  • noun. The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.
  • noun. a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.
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  • verb. Present participle of smell.
  • verb. Used in adjectival compounds.
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  • noun. the act of perceiving the odor of something
  • adjective. (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous
  • Word Usage
    "a faculty so separate as in her, so positive and salient, like smelling or sight -- more like _smelling_: for it is the faculty, half Reason, half"
    Equivalent
    odorous  
    Form
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    verb-stem
    smell