to smell strongly

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• smell — verb. The form for the past tense and past participle in BrE is smelled or smelt; in AmE smelled is usually preferred. When the verb is used intransitively, the quality of the smell is normally expressed either by a phrase introduced by of or by… …   Modern English usage

• smell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ overpowering, pervasive, pungent, rich, sharp, strong ▪ There was an overpowering smell of burning rubber. ▪ f …   Collocations dictionary

• smell — smell1 [ smel ] noun ** 1. ) count the pleasant or unpleasant quality of something that you notice when you breathe in through your nose: This paint gives off a very strong smell. unpleasant smells smell of: There s a delicious smell of fresh… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• smell */*/ — I UK [smel] / US noun Word forms smell : singular smell plural smells 1) a) [countable] the pleasant or unpleasant quality of something that you notice when you breathe in through your nose This paint gives off a very strong smell. unpleasant… …   English dictionary

• smell*/*/ — [smel] noun I 1) [C] the quality of something that you notice when you breathe in through your nose This paint has a very strong smell.[/ex] the delicious smell of fresh bread[/ex] See: aroma 2) [U] the ability to notice or recognize smells Dogs… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• smell —   Honi, honihoni (transitive).   Also: hanu, ea, ea.   See saying, goat.    ♦ Sweet smelling, ala, a ala; onaona (soft); paoa, kūpaoa (strong); māpu, maoani (wafted); anuhea, waianuhea (cool, soft); kolopua, hō ala, kāna e, nae, kaluhea, pē, puīa …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• strongly — adv. Strongly is used with these adjectives: ↑apparent, ↑attached, ↑biased, ↑coloured, ↑committed, ↑critical, ↑dependent, ↑developed, ↑evident, ↑flavoured, ↑fortified, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• stink — /stɪŋk / (say stingk) verb (i) (stank or stunk, stinking) 1. to emit a strong offensive smell. 2. to be in extremely bad repute or disfavour. 3. Colloquial to be very inferior in quality. –noun 4. a strong offensive smell; stench. 5. Colloquial …  

• Red fox — For other uses, see Red fox (disambiguation). Red fox Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene–Recent European red fox (V. v. crucigera) Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• reek — reeker, n. reekingly, adv. reeky, adj. /reek/, n. 1. a strong, unpleasant smell. 2. vapor or steam. v.i. 3. to smell strongly and unpleasantly. 4. to be strongly pervaded with something unpleasant or offensive. 5. to give off steam, smoke …   Universalium

• reek — 1 verb (I) 1 to smell strongly and unpleasantly of something: This room absolutely reeks. (+ of): His breath reeked of garlic. 2 to seem to be strongly connected with something bad or unpleasant (+ of): The whole business reeks of dishonesty. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English