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The correct spelling is smells.
How to pronounce smells
noun
Say it like: Sme-lls
The correct spelling is smells. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. For example: "I love the smell of fresh bread."
Usage Examples
“I love the smell of fresh bread.”
“I can smell fresh bread.”
“Her feet smell of cheese.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
- 2.The sense that detects odours.
- 3.A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
verb
- 1.To sense a smell or smells.
- 2.Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- 3.(without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- 4.To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
- 5.To exercise sagacity.
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