English dictionary
smell
nounPronunciation
smɛl
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of perceiving the odor of something
noun
- any property detected by the olfactory system
noun
- the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
noun
- the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
noun
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
verb
- become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
verb
- emit an odor
verb
- smell bad
verb
- inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
verb
- have an element suggestive (of something)
Example sentences
she loved the smell of roses
the feel of the city excited him
a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
it had the smell of treason
I sense his hostility
I smell trouble
smell out corruption
The soup smells good
He rarely washes, and he smells
his speeches smacked of racism
this passage smells of plagiarism