Smelling
/ˈsmɛlɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the act of perceiving the odor of something wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of smell form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 2 Used in adjectival compounds.
"foul-smelling (having a foul smell)"
Adjective
- 1 (used with ‘of’ or ‘with’) noticeably odorous wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"The girl is smelling the flowers."