foresmell

/fɔːˈsmɛl/UK/ˈfɔːsmɛl/

foresmell noun: a smell which precedes or comes before something.

Noun

foresmell (plural foresmells)

A smell which precedes or comes before something.
- His father, a man of sixty, shorter than Hugh and also pudgier, had aged unappetizingly during his recent widowhood; his things let off a characteristic foresmell, faint but unmistakable, and he grunted and sighed in his sleep, dreaming of large unwieldy blocks of blackness [...].1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 10

foresmell (third-person singular simple present foresmells, present participle foresmelling, simple past and past participle foresmelt)

(transitive) To smell in advance.
- "I do not foresmell any immediate harm to thee from the harness, but as you might run a risk in using it, perhaps it will be safest for me to take it," said the Medium.1855, Fred Folio, Lucy Boston, Shepard, Clark & Co., page 291

আগে থেকে ঘ্রাণ নেওয়া

Noun
plural	foresmells
Verb
third-person singular present	foresmells
present participle	foresmelling
past participle	foresmelt
past	foresmelt

From fore- + smell.

What does foresmell mean?: Foresmell means a smell which precedes or comes before something.
What is foresmell in Bengali?: Foresmell in Bengali is আগে থেকে ঘ্রাণ নেওয়া. See Foresmell meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is foresmell?: Foresmell can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce foresmell?: Foresmell is pronounced /ˈfɔːsmɛl/ (UK).
What is the plural of foresmell?: The plural of foresmell is foresmells.

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