vb, smelled  or  smelt  , smell*ing vt  :  to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves  :  get the odor or scent of with the nose vi  :  to exercise the sense of smell
, n 1  :  the property of a thing that affects the olfactory organs  :  ODOR  2  :  the special sense concerned with the perception of odor .
 
 
 
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