'Smell' definitions:

Definition of 'smell'

From: WordNet
noun
The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" [syn: smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception]
noun
Any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent]
noun
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell]
noun
The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents [syn: smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality]
noun
The act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: smell, smelling]
verb
Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
verb
Emit an odor; "The soup smells good"
verb
Smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells"
verb
Have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell]
verb
Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]

Definition of 'Smell'

From: GCIDE
  • Smell \Smell\, v. i.
  • 1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. [1913 Webster]
  • Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To exercise the sense of smell. --Ex. xxx. 38. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To exercise sagacity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Smell'

From: GCIDE
  • Smell \Smell\ (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelled, Smelt; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. Smell, n.]
  • 1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out. "I smell a device." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Can you smell him out by that? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To give heed to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
  • To smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
  • To smell out, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Smell'

From: GCIDE
  • Smell \Smell\, n. [OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See Smell, v. t.] (Physiol.)
  • 1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. [1913 Webster]
  • Breathing the smell of field and grove. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'smell'

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Words containing 'Smell'