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(smell-ing) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. the action of using the nose to detect scents.

Example Sentence

The cook is smelling the food that he made.

More Example Sentences

She is smelling the flowers in spring.

Synonyms

scenting; sniffing; detecting

Antonyms

hear

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smelling
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Rhymes

  • behling
  • belling
  • delling
  • dwelling
  • elling
  • fehling
  • felling
  • helling
  • kelling
  • mehling
  • meling
  • melling
  • quelling
  • rehling
  • schelling
  • schmeling
  • selling
  • shelling
  • smelling
  • snelling
  • spelling
  • stehling
  • stelling
  • swelling
  • telling
  • wehling
  • welling
  • yelling

  • bestselling
  • compelling
  • dispelling
  • excelling
  • expelling
  • flewelling
  • foretelling
  • lewelling
  • misspelling
  • outselling
  • propelling
  • rappelling
  • rebelling
  • repelling
  • reselling
  • retelling
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