| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perceive with the nose |
Synonyms: |
breathe, detect, discover, find, get a whiff, identify, inhale, nose, scent, sniff, snuff |
| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an odor |
Synonyms: |
be malodorous, funk, reek, smell to high heaven, stench, stink, whiff |
| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | fuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meld, intermix |
Synonyms: |
agglutinate, amalgamate, bind, blend, cement, coalesce, combine, commingle, deliquesce, dissolve, federate, flux, integrate, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, join, liquefy, liquesce, melt, merge, mingle, run, run together, smelt, solder, thaw, unite, weld |
Antonyms: |
disconnect, divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | heat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become hot |
Synonyms: |
bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, calorify, chafe, char, enflame, enkindle, fire, flame, flush, frizzle, fry, glow, grill, grow hot, grow warm, ignite, incandesce, incinerate, inflame, kindle, melt, oxidate, oxidize, perspire, raise the temperature, reheat, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, set on fire, singe, smelt, steam, sun, swelter, tepefy, thaw, toast, warm, warm up |
Antonyms: |
cool, freeze |
| Main Entry: | inhale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | breathe in |
Synonyms: |
drag, draw in, gasp, inspire, insufflate, puff, pull, respire, smell, sniff, snort, suck in |
Antonyms: |
breathe out, exhale |
| Main Entry: | melt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liquefy; dissolve |
Synonyms: |
cook, deliquesce, diffuse, disappear, disintegrate, disperse, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flow, flux, fuse, go, heat, merge, pass away, render, run, smelt, soften, thaw, vanish, warm, waste away |
Antonyms: |
coagulate, condense, solidify |
| Main Entry: | nose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detect, search |
Synonyms: |
busybody, examine, inspect, meddle, mouse, pry, scent, smell, sniff, snoop |
| Main Entry: | reek |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smell of; be characterized by |
Synonyms: |
be permeated by, be redolent of, emit, fume, give off odor, have an odor, smell, smoke, steam, stench, stink |
| Notes: | redolent (an adjective) is customarily used of pleasant odors while reek (a verb) is used of odors that are sensorily unpleasing; redolent, 'emitting a strong odor or smell,' comes from Latin olere 'emit a smell' |
| Main Entry: | savor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delight in, enjoy |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, experience, feel, gloat, know, like, luxuriate in, partake, relish, revel in, sample, sip, smack, smell, taste |
Antonyms: |
dislike, refuse, shun |