Smell
19 definitions retrieved  Smell \Smell\, n. [OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See Smell, v. t.] (Physiol.) 1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. [1913 Webster] Breathing the smell of field and grove. --Milton. [1913 Webster] That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Syn: Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance. [1913 Webster] Smell \Smell\ (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelled, Smelt; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. Smell, n.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out. "I smell a device." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Can you smell him out by that? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To give heed to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] To smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.] To smell out, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Smell \Smell\, v. i. 1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk. [1913 Webster] 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. [1913 Webster] Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To exercise the sense of smell. --Ex. xxx. 38. [1913 Webster] 4. To exercise sagacity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]  smell n 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" [syn: smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception] 2: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent] 3: 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" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 4: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents [syn: smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality] 5: the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: smell, smelling] v 1: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 2: emit an odor; "The soup smells good" 3: smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" 4: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 5: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]  smell [smel] Geruch  smell [smel] flairer; sentir odorat embaumer; exhaler un odeur; sentir odeur  smell bûz illat rosszszag szag szaglás szaglóérzék szagérzék szimat  smell sentire smell sentire di  smell [smel] odor  smell [smel] stinken; vies ruiken ruiken reukzin reuk geuren; rieken; ruiken geur; lucht; luchtje; reuk  smell [smel] cheirar, exalar cheiro cheiro, hálito, odor  smell [smel] apestar; oler mal oler olor  smell [smel] osa; stinka dofta doft  smell Geruch m smell smelled, smelt; smelled, smelt (of) duften; riechen (nach) smell smelled, smelt; smelled, smelt (of) riechen (nach) smell Odor m; Geruch m [med.]  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "smell": apprehend, aroma, be aromatic, be aware of, be conscious of, be redolent of, be sensible of, be warm, bouquet, breath, breathe, breathe in, burn, cast, chromesthesia, color hearing, dash, definite odor, detect, detectable odor, effluvium, emanation, emit a smell, essence, exhalation, exhale, experience, feel, fetidness, fetor, five senses, flavor, follow, follow a clue, follow up, fragrance, fume, funk, get wind of, gleam, hear, hearing, hint, hum, hunt down, idea, incense, inhale, intimation, lick, look, mephitis, nose, nose out, odor, offend the nostrils, olfaction, olfactory sense, perceive, perfume, phonism, photism, receptor, redolence, reek, respond, respond to stimuli, run down, run to earth, savor, scent, scintilla, see, sense, sense of smell, sense organ, senses, sensillum, sensorium, sensory organ, shade, shadow, sight, sip, sixth sense, smack, smattering, smell bad, smell of, smell out, smell to heaven, smell up, smelling, snaffle, sniff, sniff out, snuff, snuffle, soupcon, spark, spice, spoor, sprinkling, stalk, stench, stink, stink out, stink up, strain, subtle odor, suggestion, sup, suspicion, synesthesia, tail, taste, thought, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trace down, track, track down, trail, whiff, yield an odor Smell related |
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