ALL meanings of smell
smell
S s - verb with object smell to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of: I smell something burning. 1
- verb with object smell to test by the sense of smell: She smelled the meat to see if it was fresh. 1
- verb with object smell to perceive, detect, or discover by shrewdness or sagacity: The detective smelled foul play. 1
- verb without object smell to perceive something by its odor or scent. 1
- verb without object smell to search or investigate (followed by around or about). 1
- verb without object smell to give off or have an odor or scent: Do the yellow roses smell? 1
- verb without object smell to give out an offensive odor; stink. 1
- verb without object smell to have a particular odor (followed by of): My hands smell of fish. 1
- verb without object smell to have a trace or suggestion (followed by of). 1
- verb without object smell Informal. to be of inferior quality; stink: The play is good, but the direction smells. 1
- verb without object smell Informal. to have the appearance or a suggestion of guilt or corruption: They may be honest, but the whole situation smells. 1
- noun smell the sense of smell; faculty of smelling. 1
- noun smell the quality of a thing that is or may be smelled; odor; scent. 1
- noun smell a trace or suggestion. 1
- noun smell an act or instance of smelling. 1
- noun smell a pervading appearance, character, quality, or influence: the smell of money. 1
- idioms smell smell a rat. rat (def 6). 1
- intransitive verb smell emit an odour 1
- intransitive verb smell emit a foul odour 1
- intransitive verb smell sense, ability to smell 1
- transitive verb smell detect by smell 1
- noun smell odour, fragrance 1
- noun smell foul smell 1
- noun smell sense: ability to detect scents 1
- intransitive verb smell resemble in general 1
- transitive verb smell detect in general 1
- abbreviation SMELL sniff 1
- countable noun smell The smell of something is a quality it has which you become aware of when you breathe in through your nose. 0
- uncountable noun smell Your sense of smell is the ability that your nose has to detect things. 0
- verb smell If something smells in a particular way, it has a quality which you become aware of through your nose. 0
- verb smell If you say that something smells, you mean that it smells unpleasant. 0
- verb smell If you smell something, you become aware of it when you breathe in through your nose. 0
- verb smell If you smell something, you put your nose near it and breathe in, so that you can discover its smell. 0
- verb smell If you smell something, you feel that it is likely to happen or be true. 0
- verb smell to perceive the scent or odour of (a substance) by means of the olfactory nerves 0
- verb smell to have a specified smell; appear to the sense of smell to be 0
- verb smell to emit an odour (of) 0
- verb smell to emit an unpleasant odour; stink 0
- verb smell to detect through shrewdness or instinct 0
- verb smell to have or use the sense of smell; sniff 0
- verb smell to give indications (of) 0
- verb smell to search, investigate, or pry 0
- verb smell to be or seem to be untrustworthy or corrupt 0
- noun smell that sense (olfaction) by which scents or odours are perceived 0
- noun smell anything detected by the sense of smell; odour; scent 0
- noun smell a trace or indication 0
- noun smell the act or an instance of smelling 0
- verb transitive smell to be or become aware of by means of the nose and the olfactory nerves; detect the scent or odor of 0
- verb transitive smell to sense the presence or existence of 0
- verb transitive smell to test by the scent or odor; sniff 0