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.

plural of smell

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of smell

to use your nose to sense something

(usually in the plural) ammonium carbonate, sometimes with added perfume, that is inhaled as a mild irritant to the mucous membranes, to help restore consciousness. / Any material used in this way.

plural of smelling bottle