пахнуть — meaning in English

English meaning

• scent noun A distinctive smell.
• smell noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.

Senses

пахнуть is used for these senses in English:

• scent (transitive) To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
• smell (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

scent — full definition

1. noun A distinctive smell.
2. noun A trail of smell left by an animal or person that can be followed.
3. verb To detect something by smell.

smell — full definition

1. noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.
2. noun The sense that detects odors.
3. verb To perceive an odor, or to give off one.
4. verb To sense that something is wrong or suspicious.

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