Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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smell | Yes | No | Yes | No |
stink | Yes | No | Yes | No |
smell (noun) | stink (noun) |
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the act of perceiving the odor of something | a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant |
any property detected by the olfactory system | |
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | |
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form | |
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people |
smell (verb) | stink (verb) |
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become aware of not through the senses but instinctively | smell badly and offensively |
emit an odor | be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance |
inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense | |
smell bad | |
have an element suggestive (of something) |