"smelling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsmɛlɪŋ/ Forms: smellings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} smelling (plural smellings)
  1. The act by which something is smelled.
    Sense id: en-smelling-en-noun-FTdggE-3

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsmɛlɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} smelling
  1. present participle and gerund of smell Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: smell
    Sense id: en-smelling-en-verb-ypoA3bR1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 71 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 70 7
  2. Used in adjectival compounds.
    Sense id: en-smelling-en-verb-KCWqN~uw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: smelling salts

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