smell

Definitions of smell in various dictionaries:

noun - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

noun - any property detected by the olfactory system

noun - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

noun - the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

noun - the act of perceiving the odor of something

verb - inhale the odor of

verb - emit an odor

verb - smell bad

verb - have an element suggestive (of something)

verb - become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

To perceive the scent of (something) by means of the olfactory nerves.

To sense the presence of by or as if by the olfactory nerves; detect or discover: We smelled trouble ahead.

To use the sense of smell; perceive the scent of something.

To have or emit an odor: “The breeze smelled exactly like Vouvray—flowery, with a hint of mothballs underneath” (Anne Tyler).

To be suggestive; have a touch of something: a cave that smells of terror.

To have or emit an unpleasant odor; stink: This closet smells.

To appear to be dishonest; suggest evil or corruption.

The sense by which odors are perceived; the olfactory sense.

That quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense.

The act or an instance of smelling.

To suspect that something is wrong.

verb - to perceive by means of the olfactory nerves