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smelling

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1. smelling - Noun

2. smelling - Verb

4. smelling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Smell

The act of one who smells.

The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan. Uma Thurman

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. Erich Fromm

If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream. Barry Goldwater

The wine-skin has its reasons for smelling of pitch. Portuguese Proverb

When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats. African Proverb

Ye hae been smelling the bung. English Proverb

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