1. to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves get the odor or scent of with the nose
2. to detect or become aware of as if by the sense of smell
I smell trouble
3. to emit the odor of
4. to exercise the sense of smell
5. to have an odor or scent
6. to have a characteristic aura or atmosphere smack
the accounts … seemed to me to smell of truth
— R. S. Bourne also seem, appear
the story didn't smell right
7. to have an offensive odor stink
8. to be of bad or questionable quality
all this from the moral point of view smells
— A. F. Wills
9. to have a suspicion of something wrong
10. to sense an opponent's weakness or vulnerability
11. to enjoy or savor life
12. the property of a thing that affects the olfactory organs odor
13. the process, function, or power of smelling
14. the sense concerned with the perception of odor
15. a very small amount trace
add only a smell of garlic
16. a pervading or characteristic quality aura
the smell of affluence, of power
— Harry Hervey
17. an act or instance of smelling
18. to use your nose to sense smells
19. to be able to use your nose to sense smells
20. to notice something because of its smell
21. the quality of a thing that you can sense with your nose
22. an unpleasant odor
23. the ability to notice or recognize odors the ability to smell things
24. to detect the odor of by means of special cells located in the nose
Stop and smell the flowers.
25. to notice (something) because of its odor
I think I smell gas.
26. to have or give off an odor
My dog smells wet.
27. to sense as if by smelling
I smell trouble.
28. the sense by which a person or animal becomes aware of an odor
29. the sensation gotten through the sense of smell odor, scent
30. the property of a thing that affects the olfactory organs odor
31. the special sense concerned with the perception of odor