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Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European*smel-
    Proto-West Germanic*smalljan
    Old English*smiellan
    Middle Englishsmellen
    Englishsmell

    FromMiddle Englishsmellen,smillen,smyllen,smullen, fromOld English*smyllan,*smiellan(“to smell, emit fumes”), fromProto-West Germanic*smallijan(“to glow, burn, smoulder”), fromProto-Indo-European*smel-(“to burn, smoke, smoulder; tar, pitch”). The noun is fromMiddle Englishsmel,smil,smul(“smell, odour”). Related toSaterland Frisiansmeele(“to smoulder”),Middle Dutchsmōlen(“to burn, smoulder”) (whenceDutchsmeulen(“to smoulder”)),Middle Low Germansmölen(“to be hazy, be dusty”) (whenceLow Germansmölen(“smoulder”)),Low Germansmullen(“emit smoke”),West Flemishsmoel(“stuffy, muggy, hazy”),Danishsmul(“dust, powder”),Lithuaniansmilkyti(“to incense, fumigate”),Lithuaniansmilkti(“to smudge, smolder, fume, reek”),Lithuaniansmalkinti(“to fume”),Middle Irishsmál,smól,smúal(“fire, gleed, embers, ashes”),Russianсмола́(smolá,“resin, tar”). Comparesmoulder,smother.

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    Noun

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    smell (countable anduncountable,pluralsmells)

    1. Asensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carryingairbornemolecules of a substance.
      I love thesmell of fresh bread.
      • 1908 October,Kenneth Grahame,The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons,→OCLC:
        The penetratingsmell of cabbage reached the nose of Toad as he layprostrate in his misery on the floor, and gave him the idea for a moment that perhaps life was not such a blank and desperate thing as he had imagined. But still he wailed, and kicked with his legs, and refused to be comforted. So the wise girl retired for the time, but, of course, a good deal of thesmell of hot cabbage remained behind, as it will do, and Toad, between his sobs, sniffed and reflected, and gradually began to think new and inspiring thoughts: ofchivalry, and poetry[…]
    2. (physiology) Thesense that detectsodours.
    3. A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
      • 2018 February 8, Carl Schroers, chapter 8, inWrestling with Time Lost, Lulu Press:
        I’m just saying, this has a badsmell to it.

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    Translations

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    sensation
    sense of smell

    Verb

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    smell (third-person singular simple presentsmells,present participlesmelling,simple past and past participlesmelledorsmelt)

    2. (transitive) Tosense a smell or smells.
      Synonyms:detect,sense
      I cansmell fresh bread.
      Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.
      2. (by extension) To detect or perceive; often without.
    4. (intransitive, copulative)Followed bylikeorofif descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
      Synonyms:(informal)pong,reek,stink,(informal; these words refer to unpleasant smells)whiff
      The rosessmell lovely.
      Her feetsmell of cheese.
      The drunkardsmelt like a brewery.
      • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
        Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel[…]. Next he put the mackerel in a fry-pan, and the shanty began tosmell like a Banks boat just in from a v'yage.
      2. (by extension, intransitive, copulative) To smell of; to have a smell of
      4. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; tostink.
        Ew, this restroomsmells (loathsomely).
      6. (intransitive, figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
        A reportsmells of calumny.
      • 2021, Taylor Swift, “No Body, No Crime”:
        Este's been losing sleep / Her husband's acting different and itsmells like infidelity
    5. (obsolete) To give heed to.
      • 1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e.,Hugh Latimer],Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, inCertayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published1562,→OCLC,folio 5, verso:
        So from that tyme forwarde I began toſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries.

    Usage notes

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    • The sense “to smell bad, stink” is considered by some to be an incorrect (euphemistic) substitute forstink.

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    Translations

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    sense with nose
    to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
    detect or perceive
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    Icelandic

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    Verb

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    smell(strong)

    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofsmella
    2. second-personsingularimperative ofsmella

    Verb

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    smell(weak)

    1. second-personsingularimperative ofsmella

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology

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    From the verbsmelle.

    Noun

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    smell n (definite singularsmellet,indefinite pluralsmell,definite pluralsmellaorsmellene)
    smell m (definite singularsmellen,indefinite pluralsmellorsmeller,definite pluralsmellene)

    1. abang(sudden loud noise)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    From the verbsmelle.

    Noun

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    smell n (definite singularsmellet,indefinite pluralsmell,definite pluralsmella)
    smell m (definite singularsmellen,indefinite pluralsmellar,definite pluralsmellane)

    1. abang(sudden loud noise)

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    Noun

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    smell m (definite singularsmellen,indefinite pluralsmellar,definite pluralsmellane)

    1. aknock, animpact

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