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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| —vb (often foll by of) (often foll by out) (foll by of) , smells, smelling, smelt, smelled | |
| 1. | (tr) to perceive the scent or odour of (a substance) by means of the olfactory nerves |
| 2. | (copula) to have a specified smell; appear to the sense of smell to be: the beaches smell of seaweed; some tobacco smells very sweet |
| 3. | to emit an odour (of): the park smells of flowers |
| 4. | (intr) to emit an unpleasant odour; stink |
| 5. | to detect through shrewdness or instinct |
| 6. | (intr) to have or use the sense of smell; sniff |
| 7. | to give indications (of): he smells of money |
| 8. | (intr; |
| 9. | (copula) to be or seem to be untrustworthy or corrupt |
| 10. | smell a rat to detect something suspicious |
| —n | |
| 11. | that sense (olfaction) by which scents or odours are perceivedRelated: olfactory |
| 12. | anything detected by the sense of smell; odour; scent |
| 13. | a trace or indication |
| 14. | the act or an instance of smelling |
| Related: olfactory | |
| [C12: of uncertain origin; compare Middle Dutch smölen to scorch] | |
| 'smeller | |
| —n | |
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