smell
part of speech
verb (smell, smells, smelled/smelt, smelling); noun (a smell, smells; smell — the sense)
meaning for a pupil
1) To notice something with your nose. tree →
2) To give off a smell: "The flowers smell sweet." tree →
3) To have a bad smell: "Your socks smell!" tree →
4) As a noun, what you notice with your nose: "a smell of smoke". tree →
5) As a noun, the sense of smelling. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Tradition reads the smell of a sacrifice as a "sweet savour" to God. The Torah forbids making holy incense for ordinary use. In the primary lessons: In science, smell is one of the five senses; the nose sends signals to the brain; dogs smell far better than people. In safety: a smell of smoke, gas (rotten eggs) or burning means danger — get out and tell an adult; bad-smelling food may be spoiled. Phrases: smell good/bad, sense of smell, smell a rat (suspect a trick).
examples
- Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.' (Torah EXO.30.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. (Torah DEU.4.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. (Torah LEV.26.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; (Writings PSA.115.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thy lips, O my bride, drop honey — honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. (Writings SNG.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices! (Writings SNG.4.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- I can smell cookies baking. tree →
- Roses smell lovely. tree →
- Dogs have a great sense of smell. tree →
- If you smell gas, get out and tell an adult. tree →
- The milk smells bad, so don't drink it. tree →
- There's a smell of smoke in the kitchen! tree →
- Smell this cheese. tree →
- I smell a rat. tree →
note
Past: "smelled" (American) or "smelt" (British). After "smell" use an adjective: "smells nice", not "smells nicely". Smell and taste work together; with a blocked nose food tastes of less.
In the corpora
- Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.'
- They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;
- Supermarkets are designed to make people buy more than they planned, with offers, smells and treats by the tills.
- A chatbot has no body, so it cannot taste chocolate, smell flowers or feel tired.
- Elephants have a superb sense of smell and more smell genes than dogs, and lift the trunk to catch scents on the wind.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «smell» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.