smell

Plural: smells

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"
• any property detected by the olfactory system
• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
  • "it had the smell of treason"
• the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
• the act of perceiving the odor of something
• A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
• The sense that detects odours.
• A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

Verb

Verb Forms: smelled, smelt, smelling, smells

• To perceive by the nose, or to emit an odor.
• inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
• emit an odor
  • "The soup smells good"
• smell bad
  • "He rarely washes, and he smells"
• have an element suggestive (of something)
  • "this passage smells of plagiarism"
• become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
  • "i smell trouble"
  • "smell out corruption"
• To sense a smell or smells.
• To sense a smell or smells.
• To detect or perceive; often with out.
• Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
• Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
• To smell of; to have a smell of
• Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
• To smell bad; to stink.
• Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
• To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
• To give heed to.

Examples

• A report smells of calumny.
• Ew, this restroom smells (loathsomely).
• Her feet smell of cheese.
• I can SMELL a bingo brewing with these letters, I just need one more ’E’.
• I can smell fresh bread.
• I love the smell of fresh bread.
• Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.
• The drunkard smelt like a brewery.
• The roses smell lovely.

Synonyms

aroma, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, odor, odour, olfaction, olfactory modality, olfactory perception, olfactory property, olfactory sensation, reek, scent, sense, sense of smell, smack, smell out, smelling, spirit, tone, detect, flair, fragrance, niff, pong, smell, stench, stink, whiff

Related Words

anosmia, nose, sense

Anagrams of smell