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smells

  • plural
    of smell.
    smell
    verb (used with object)
    to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of.
  • present tense form
    of smell (3rd person singular).
    smell
    verb (used with object)
    to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of.

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Keener, 27, put it a different way on social media: “It smells like I am developing new allergies.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Brentford will play on the counter-attack here and Bournemouth will have a go at them, so this smells like a draw to me.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Instead of being laid out spatially, its wiring works more like a bar code, with distributed patterns of activity representing particular smells or complex memories.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

British critics, maybe expecting flamboyance and unused to the exquisite smells of jacaranda and night-blooming jasmine, found it laid-back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Blue Door is dark no matter what time of the day you visit, and it smells of popcorn and beer.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko