Overview of noun smelling

The noun smelling has 1 sense

• smell, smelling -- (the act of perceiving the odor of something)

Overview of verb smell

The verb smell has 5 senses

• smell -- (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)


• smell -- (emit an odor; "The soup smells good")


• smell -- (smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells")


• smack, reek, smell -- (have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism")


• smell, smell out, sense -- (become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption")

Overview of adj smelling

The adj smelling has 1 sense

• redolent, smelling -- ((used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey")