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Smelling

//ˈsmɛlɪŋ// noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    (used with ‘of’ or ‘with’) noticeably odorous wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is smelled.

    "To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]"

  2. 2
    the act of perceiving the odor of something wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of smell form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    Used in adjectival compounds.

    "foul-smelling (having a foul smell)"

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