smell
noun
1. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- she loved the smell of roses
Definition categories: thought, esthesis, sensation
2. any property detected by the olfactory system
Similar word(s): aroma, odor, odour, scent
Definition categories: attribute, property
3. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- it had the smell of treason
Similar word(s): feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, spirit, tone
Definition categories: state, ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
4. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
Similar word(s): olfaction
Definition categories: thought, modality, exteroception
5. the act of perceiving the odor of something
Similar word(s): smelling
Definition categories: act, perception, sensing
Sentences with smell as a noun:
- I love the smell of fresh bread.
verb
1. inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
Definition categories: perception, comprehend, perceive
2. emit an odor
- The soup smells good
Definition categories: perception
3. smell bad
- He rarely washes, and he smells
Definition categories: perception, smell
4. have an element suggestive (of something)
- this passage smells of plagiarism
Definition categories: perception, evoke, suggest
5. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
- I smell trouble
- smell out corruption
Similar word(s): sense
Definition categories: cognition, perceive
Sentences with smell as a verb:
- I can smell fresh bread.
- Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.
- The roses smell lovely.
- His feet smell of cheese.
- You smell.
- A report smells of calumny.