1. The act of one who smells.
2. The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.
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Odor Roget’s Thesaurus §398
N. odor, smell, odorament|, scent, effluvium, # emanation, exhalation, fume, essence, trail, nidor|, redolence, sense of smell, scent, act of smelling, olfaction, olfactories, fragrance, odorant, bloodhound, hound, spoor
V. have an odor, smell, smell of, smell strong of, exhale, give out a smell, reek, reek of, scent, smell, scent, snuff, snuff up, sniff, nose, inhale
Adj. odorous, odoriferous, smelling, reeking, foul-smelling, strong- scented, redolent, graveolent, nidorous, pungent, putrid, foul, olfactory, quick-scented
Fetor Roget’s Thesaurus §401
N. fetor, bad, smell, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, malodor, empyreuma, mustiness, rancidity, foulness, stoat, polecat, skunk, assafoetida, fungus, garlic, stinkpot, fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary, acridity
V. have a bad smell, smell, stink, stink in the nostrils, stink like a polecat, smell strong, smell offensively
King James Bible KJV Bible
Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
3 KJV and 0 BSB verses contain “smelling”
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?