smell

Noun

• the act of perceiving the odor of something

• the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

• 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
    

• any property detected by the olfactory system

• the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
  • she loved the smell of roses
    

Verb

• become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
  • I sense his hostility
    
  • i smell trouble
    
  • smell out corruption
    

• have an element suggestive (of something)
  • his speeches smacked of racism
    
  • this passage smells of plagiarism
    

• smell bad
  • He rarely washes, and he smells
    

• emit an odor
  • The soup smells good
    

• inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  smelling , sense of smell , olfaction , olfactory modality , spirit , tone , feel , feeling , flavor , flavour , look , olfactory property , aroma , odor , odour , scent , olfactory sensation , olfactory perception , smell out , sense , smack , reek