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
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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