smell

verb1 of 2

to use your nose to sense something

• “Dead bodies only start to smell after a few days.”Tatoeba
• “The street was filled with the smell of fresh flowers.”Tatoeba

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noun2 of 2

A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.