smelling

Meanings

Plural: smellings

Noun

• the act of perceiving the odor of something
• The act by which something is smelled.

Verb

• inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
• emit an odor
• smell bad
• have an element suggestive (of something)
• become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
• present participle and gerund of smell
• Used in adjectival compounds.

Adjective Satellite

• (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous

Synonyms

redolent, reek, sense, smack, smell, smell out

Anagrams of smelling