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Definition of 'smell'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) smell
to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of.

2.  smell
to test by the sense of smell:
He smelled the meat to see if it was fresh.

3.  smell
to perceive, detect, or discover by shrewdness or sagacity:
The detective smelled foul play.

4. (v.i.) smell
to perceive the odor or scent of something.

5.  smell
to give off or have an odor or scent.

6.  smell
to have a particular odor or scent:
to smell of fish.

7.  smell
to give out an offensive odor; stink.

8.  smell
to have a trace or suggestion (fol. by of).

9.  smell
to search or investigate (fol. by around or about).

10.  smell
Informal. to be of inferior quality; stink.

11.  smell
Informal. to appear to be guilty, corrupt, etc.

12.  smell
smell out, to look for or detect by or as if by smelling.

13.  smell
smell up, to fill with an offensive odor; stink up.

14. (n.) smell
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.

15.  smell
that quality of a thing that is or may be smelled; odor; scent.

16.  smell
a trace or suggestion.

17.  smell
an act or instance of smelling.

18.  smell
a pervading appearance, character, quality, or influence:
the smell of money.

Definition of 'smell'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
"she loved the smell of roses"

2. (noun) olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent
any property detected by the olfactory system

3. (noun) spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
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"

4. (noun) smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

5. (verb) smell, smelling
the act of perceiving the odor of something

6. (verb) smell
inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

7. (verb) smell
emit an odor
"The soup smells good"

8. (verb) smell
smell bad
"He rarely washes, and he smells"

9. (verb) smack, reek, smell
have an element suggestive (of something)
"his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"

10. (verb) smell, smell out, sense
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
"I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"

Definition of 'smell'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) smell
the quality of sth that your nose perceives
I don't like the smell of fish.; an herb with a fantastic smell

2.  smell
the natural ability to smell
a highly developed sense of smell

3.  smell
an occasion when you smell sth
Have a smell of this.

4. (verb) smell
to have a smell
The room smelled damp.; They smelled like they had been smoking.; a cheese that smells of old socks

5.  smell
to notice the smell of sth through your nose
I was sure I could smell smoke.; Did you smell his aftershave?

6.  smell
to have an unpleasant smell; = stink
His bedroom really smells.

Definition of 'smell'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) smell
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

2. (noun) smell
to detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out

3. (noun) smell
to give heed to

4. (verb) smell
to affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk

5. (verb) smell
to have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny

6. (verb) smell
to exercise the sense of smell

7. (verb) smell
to exercise sagacity

8. (verb) smell
the sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense

9. (verb) smell
the quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint

Definition of 'smell'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. smell
The ability to detect scents or odors, such as the function of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS.

Translation of 'smell'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the sense or power of being aware of things through one's nose My sister never had a good sense of smell.
Afrikaans: reuk	Arabic: حاسَّة الشَّم	Bulgarian: обоняние
Brazilian: olfato	Czech: čich	German: der Geruchssinn
Danish: lugtesans	Greek: όσφρηση	Spanish: olfato
Estonian: haistmine	Farsi: بويايي	Finnish: hajuaisti
French: odorat	Hebrew: חוּש רֵיח	Hindi: सूंघने की शक्ति
Croatian: njuh,čulo mirisa	Hungarian: szaglás	Indonesian: penciuman
Icelandic: lyktarskyn	Italian: odorato, olfatto	Japanese: 嗅覚
Korean: 후각	Lithuanian: uoslė	Latvian: oža
Malay: bau	Dutch: reuk	Norwegian: luktesans
Polish: węch	Persian: بويايي	Pashto: بويول، ترسږ موكول: بويېدل
Portuguese: olfacto	Romanian: simţul mirosului	Russian: обоняние
Slovak: čuch	Slovenian: voh	Serbian: miris
Swedish: luktsinne	Thai: กลิ่น	Turkish: koku alma duyusu
Taiwanese: 嗅覺	Ukrainian: нюх	Urdu: سونگھنے کی حس
Vietnamese: khứu giác	Chinese: 嗅觉
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