present participle of smell / Used in adjectival compounds.

The act by which something is smelled.

plural of smelling

simple past tense and past participle of smell

A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. / (physiology) The sense that detects odours.

(transitive) To sense a smell or smells. / (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of smell

plural of smell

present participle of smell the barn.

Having a pleasant scent. / (figuratively) liked, appreciated or respected.