SMELL - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce smell?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of smell by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of smell through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of smell is /smˈɛl/.

Definition of smell according to Wiktionary:
smell can be a noun or a verb

As a noun smell can mean:
1. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
2. The sense that detects odours.
3. A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

As a verb smell can mean:
1. To sense a smell or smells.
2. Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
3. To smell bad; to stink.
4. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
5. To exercise sagacity.
6. To detect or perceive; often with out.
7. To give heed to.

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