smelling

To sense a smell or smells.

“I can smell fresh bread.”

Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

“Her feet smell of cheese.”

(without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.

“Ew, this stuff smells.”

To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.

“A report smells of calumny.”

To exercise sagacity.

To detect or perceive; often with out.

To give heed to.

The act by which something is smelled.