<B>smell, </B>verb, <B>smelled</B> or <B>smelt,</B> <B>smelling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to detect or recognize by breathing in through the nose; perceive (an odor or scent) with the nose by means of the olfactory nerves. <BR> <I>Ex. Can you smell the smoke in the air?</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to sniff at; use the sense of smell on (something). <BR> <I>Ex. She picked up a rose and smelled it. The dog smelled the strange man's legs.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to find a trace or suggestion of; detect or discover by shrewdness or instinct; suspect. <BR> <I>Ex. to smell danger. We smelled trouble.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to use the sense of smelling; perceive or be able to perceive odors. <BR> <I>Ex. We smell with our noses.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give out a smell; have a scent. <BR> <I>Ex. The garden smelled of roses.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give out a bad smell; have a bad smell; stink. <BR> <I>Ex. That dirty, wet dog smells. Garbage smells.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to have the smell (of); have the trace (of); show a touch or suggestion (of). <BR> <I>Ex. The plan smells of trickery.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the sense of smelling. <BR> <I>Ex. Smell is keener in dogs than in humans.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the quality in a thing that affects the sense of smell; odor. <BR> <I>Ex. The smell of burning rubber is not pleasant.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a trace, tinge, or suggestion (of). <BR> <I>Ex. the smell of injustice.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>an act of smelling; sniff. <BR> <I>Ex. Have a smell of this rose.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>smell out,</B> </I>to hunt or find by smelling. <BR> <I>Ex. A dog will smell out a thief. (Figurative.) Her sister smelled out a secret.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>smell up,</B> </I>(Informal.) to cause to have a bad smell. <BR> <I>Ex. to smell up the house cooking onions.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="smellability">
<B>smellability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being smellable. </DL>
<A NAME="smellable">
<B>smellable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be smelled. <BR> <I>Ex. To be smellable, a substance must be soluble in fat or water--preferably both (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="smeller">
<B>smeller, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that smells. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who tests by smelling. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) the nose or sense of smell. <DD><B> 4. </B>a sensitive hair or process such as one of a cat's whiskers; feeler. </DL>
<A NAME="smellie">
<B>smellie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a motion picture in which odors are adapted to appropriate scenes. </DL>
<A NAME="smellingsalts">
<B>smelling salts,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a solution of a salt of ammonia, ammonium hydroxide, and some scent, inhaled to relieve such conditions as faintness or headache. </DL>
<A NAME="smellless">
<B>smell-less, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having no sense of smell. <DD><B> 2. </B>having no smell; odorless. </DL>
<A NAME="smelly">
<B>smelly, </B>adjective, <B>smellier,</B> <B>smelliest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> having or giving out a strong or unpleasant smell. <BR> <I>Ex. I wonder what makes the sea so smelly. I don't like it (Rudyard Kipling).</I> (SYN) noisome, rank. </DL>
<A NAME="smelt">
<B>smelt</B> (1), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to melt (ore) in order to get the metal out of it. <DD><B> 2. </B>to obtain (metal) from ore by melting. <BR> <I>Ex. It also smelts some high grade tin from ores (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to refine (impure metal) by melting. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to melt ore to extract metal, or melt metal to refine it. <DD><B> 2. </B>to be subjected to smelting. </DL>
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<B>smelt</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>smelts</B> or (collectively) <B>smelt.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small food fish with silvery scales. Smelts comprise a family of fishes, related to the salmon. Smelts live in cool oceans of the Northern Hemisphere, though some species swim up rivers to spawn and stay permanently in fresh water. </DL>
<A NAME="smelt">
<B>smelt</B> (3) verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> smelled; a past tense and a past participle of <B>smell.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="smelter">
<B>smelter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person whose work or business is smelting ores or metals. <DD><B> 2. </B>a place where ores or metals are smelted. <DD><B> 3. </B>a furnace for smelting ores. </DL>
<B>smew, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, crested, mostly white merganser of northern Europe and Asia. </DL>
<A NAME="smice">
<B>smice, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a combination of fog and ice crystals in the air; ice-fog. <BR> <I>Ex. Smice rears its misty head during the night, sharply reducing visibility but is otherwise unharmful (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="smidge">
<B>smidge, </B>noun. =smidgen.</DL>
<A NAME="smidgen">
<B>smidgen</B> or <B>smidgeon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a tiny bit; small piece or quantity. <BR> <I>Ex. There isn't a smidgen of truth in this rumor.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="smidgin">
<B>smidgin, </B>noun. =smidgen.</DL>
<A NAME="smiercase">
<B>smiercase, </B>noun. =smearcase.</DL>
<A NAME="smilacaceous">
<B>smilacaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to a group of plants of the lily family, as the smilax. </DL>
<A NAME="smilax">
<B>smilax, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a twining, trailing, African plant or vine of the lily family, much used by florists in decoration. Smilax belongs to the same genus as asparagus. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of a large group of tropical and temperate woody vines of the lily family, with prickly stems, umbrella-shaped clusters of small, greenish flowers, and small blackish or red berries, such as the sarsaparilla plant; greenbrier. </DL>
<A NAME="smile">
<B>smile, </B>verb, <B>smiled,</B> <B>smiling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to look pleased or amused; show pleasure, favor, amusement, or kindness, by an upward curve of the mouth. <BR> <I>Ex. to smile at a friend. Why do you smile at what I say? One may smile, and smile, and be a villain (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to look or be pleasant; be agreeable; look (upon) or regard with favor. <BR> <I>Ex. A sea that could not cease to smile (Wordsworth). The music does not really smile, and, indeed, is of the reserved kind that demands very many hearings (London Times). (Figurative.) Good fortune always smiled upon him.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to show scorn or disdain by a curve of the mouth. <BR> <I>Ex. She smiled bitterly.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring, put, or drive by smiling. <BR> <I>Ex. Smile your tears away.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give (a smile). <BR> <I>Ex. She smiled a sunny smile.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to express by a smile. <BR> <I>Ex. to smile a welcome. She smiled consent.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an act of smiling. <BR> <I>Ex. a friendly smile, a smile of pity. She met his eye with her sweet hospitable smile (Henry James).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a favoring look or regard; pleasant look or aspect. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) the smile of fortune (Joseph Conrad).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="smileless">
<B>smileless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a smile; serious; gloomy; cheerless. adv. <B>smilelessly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="smiler">
<B>smiler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>one who smiles. <DD><B> 2. </B>one who looks smilingly, as from pleasure, derision, or real or affected agreeableness. </DL>
<B>smiling, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that smiles; bright; cheerful; pleasant. <BR> <I>Ex. The April countryside is fresh and smiling (Atlantic).</I> adv. <B>smilingly.</B> noun <B>smilingness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="smilodon">
<B>smilodon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of the largest saber-toothed tigers, that became extinct in the Ice Age. </DL>
<A NAME="smily">
<B>smily, </B>adjective. =smiley.</DL>
<A NAME="smirch">
<B>smirch, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make dirty; soil as with soot, dirt, or dust. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. This is an attempt by the Attorney General to smirch the union (James Hoffa).</I> (SYN) dishonor, disgrace, taint, tarnish, sully. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a dirty mark; blot; stain. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a blot on a person's reputation. noun <B>smircher.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="smirk">
<B>smirk, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to smile in an affected, silly, or self-satisfied way. <DD><I>noun </I> an affected, silly, or self-satisfied smile. <BR> <I>Ex. Studs stood, posing ... with a smirk of superiority on his face (James T. Farrell).</I> adv. <B>smirkingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="smirky">
<B>smirky, </B>adjective, <B>smirkier,</B> <B>smirkiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> of the nature of a smirk; simpering. <BR> <I>Ex. a smirky smile.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="smit">
<B>smit, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>smitten; a past participle of <B>smite.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) smote; a past tense of <B>smite.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="smitch">
<B>smitch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a particle; bit. <BR> <I>Ex. They didn't increase the visibility a smitch (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="smite">
<B>smite, </B>verb, <B>smote</B> or (Obsolete) <B>smit,</B> <B>smitten</B> or <B>smit,</B> <B>smiting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to strike; strike hard; hit hard. <BR> <I>Ex. The hero smote the giant with his sword. ... those strange-looking instruments [golf clubs] which are used for smiting the little white ball (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give or strike (as a blow or stroke). <DD><B> 3. </B>to strike as with a weapon, so as to cause serious injury or death. <DD><B> 4. </B>to affect, as with a sudden pain, disease, or remorse. <BR> <I>Ex. a city smitten with pestilence. (Figurative.) The thief's conscience smote him.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to impress suddenly, as with a strong feeling or sentiment. <BR> <I>Ex. She was smitten with curiosity about the forbidden room. A grief that smites my very heart at root (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to strike down; punish severely; chasten or destroy. <BR> <I>Ex. The Lord shall smite the proud (John Greenleaf Whittier).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to deliver, as a blow or blows or a stroke, with a stick or other weapon; strike. <DD><B> 2. </B>to come or be overcome, as with pain or disease. <DD><B> 3. </B>to come (together) forcibly or in conflict; strike or dash (on or against something). <BR> <I>Ex. His heart turned within him and his knees smote together (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to come with force (upon). <BR> <I>Ex. The sound of a blacksmith's hammer smote upon their ears.</I> </DL>
