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
smelling salts
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Schelling
belling
bestselling
compelling
dispelling
verb-stem
smell