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smell

verb as in perceive with the nose

verb as in have an odor

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Now the family are hoping they can have their "cheeky and determined" Kobi at home with them for Christmas, away from the beeping machines and clinical smells of hospital.

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Also, Patti is one of those people who can smell ants!

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It wasn’t, but the air smelled and tasted metallic, like blood.

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I am sure it smells pretty bad down here.

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“And he needed my help figuring out what it was he’d smelled.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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