smells
Because it is a word with a single syllable, smells is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofsmells
- A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
Example: "I love the smell of fresh bread."
- The sense that detects odours.
- A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- To sense a smell or smells.
Example: "I can smell fresh bread."
- Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
Example: "Her feet smell of cheese."
- (without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
Example: "Ew, this stuff smells."
- To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
Example: "A report smells of calumny."
- To exercise sagacity.
- To detect or perceive; often with out.
- To give heed to.
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