To perceive odors through the nose, or to have a particular scent.
From Middle Dutch 'smellen,' possibly connected to German 'schmelzen' (to melt), the origin is uncertain but may relate to vapor or smoke rising.
Smell is your most direct sense—odor molecules actually touch your olfactory receptors, unlike light which just bounces off things, making smell chemically more intimate than vision.
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