Definition of Smells

1. Noun. (plural of smell) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of smell) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smells

1. smell [v] - See also: smell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smells

smellers
smelleth
smellier
smellies
smelliest
smellily
smelliness
smelling
smelling(p)
smelling bottle
smelling like a rose
smelling salt
smelling salts
smelling the barn
smellings
smells (current term)
smells and bells
smells fishy
smelly
smelt
smelted
smelter
smelter's chills
smelter's fever
smelter's shakes
smelteries
smelters
smeltery
smeltie
smelting

Literary usage of Smells

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"Difference of opinion as to smells.—Disagreeable mineral smells. ... The droppings of animals; peculiar substances and smells given off by these. ..."

2. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1856)
"Difference of opinion as to smells.—Disagreeable mineral smells. ... smells often disagreeable only because of the things or memories associated with them. ..."

3. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1824)
"Experiment solitary touching sweet smells. 833. To sweet smells heat is requisite ... Some sweet smells are destroyed by approach to the fire; as violets, ..."

4. The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord by Francis Bacon (1824)
"Experiments in consort touching smells. 387. smells and other odours are ... The other reason is, for that all sweet smells have joined with them some ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"The observation that smells possess a greater power to revive past experiences is so frequently made in every-day life, that it seemed worth while to ..."

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