"smelling" in the noun sense
1. smell, smelling
the act of perceiving the odor of something
"smelling" in the verb sense
1. smell
inhale the odor of perceive by the olfactory sense
2. smell
emit an odor
"The soup smells good"
3. smell
smell bad
"He rarely washes, and he smells"
4. smack, reek, smell
have an element suggestive (of something
"his speeches smacked of racism"
"this passage smells of plagiarism"
5. smell, smell out, sense
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
"I sense his hostility"
"I smell trouble"
"smell out corruption"
"smelling" in the adjective sense
1. redolent, smelling
used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous
"the hall was redolent of floor wax"
"air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey"
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