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# smell

«smell» in Mova's school dictionary: **To notice something with your nose** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (smell, smells, smelled/smelt, smelling); noun (a smell, smells; smell — the sense)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To notice something with your nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#m1)

2) To give off a smell: "The flowers smell sweet." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#m2)

3) To have a bad smell: "Your socks smell!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#m3)

4) As a noun, what you notice with your nose: "a smell of smoke". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#m4)

5) As a noun, the sense of smelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, smell is one of the five senses; the nose sends signals to the brain; dogs smell far better than people. In safety: a smell of smoke, gas (rotten eggs) or burning means danger — get out and tell an adult; bad-smelling food may be spoiled. Phrases: smell good/bad, sense of smell, smell a rat (suspect a trick).

### examples

- I can smell cookies baking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#x1)
- Roses smell lovely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#x2)
- Dogs have a great sense of smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#x3)
- If you smell gas, get out and tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#x4)
- The milk smells bad, so don't drink it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#x5)
- There's a smell of smoke in the kitchen! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#x6)
- Smell this cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#x7)
- I smell a rat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/#x8)

### note

Past: "smelled" (American) or "smelt" (British). After "smell" use an adjective: "smells nice", not "smells nicely". Smell and taste work together; with a blocked nose food tastes of less.

### In the corpora

- [Supermarkets are designed to make people buy more than they planned, with offers, smells and treats by the tills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/12/)
- [A chatbot has no body, so it cannot taste chocolate, smell flowers or feel tired.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/9/)
- [Elephants have a superb sense of smell and more smell genes than dogs, and lift the trunk to catch scents on the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/11/)
- [Most bears are omnivores, and their sense of smell is many times better than a dog's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/14/)
- [A dog's nose has hundreds of millions of smell receptors, while a human nose has about 5 or 6 million.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.