About The Word Smell

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Smell

Smell Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Smell?
[n] the act of perceiving the odor of something
[n] any property detected by the olfactory system [n] the faculty of smell [n] the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" [n] 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" [v] emit an odor; "The soup smells good" [v] smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" [v] inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense Synonyms | Synonyms for Smell: aroma | feel | feeling | flavor | flavour | look | odor | odor | odour | odour | olfaction | olfactory modality | olfactory perception | olfactory property | olfactory sensation | scent | sense of smell | smelling | spirit | tone Related Terms | Find terms related to Smell: See Also | acridity | ambiance | ambience | aroma | atmosphere | bouquet | cause to be perceived | comprehend | exteroception | fetor | foetor | foulness | fragrance | fragrance | get a noseful | get a whiff | malodor | malodorousness | malodour | malodourousness | modality | nose | nose | perceive | perception | perfume | property | pungency | rankness | redolence | reek | reek | salute | scent | scent | sensation | sense datum | sense experience | sense impression | sense modality | sensing | sensory system | smell | smell up | sniff | sniff | snuff | snuff | snuffle | stench | stink | stink | stink out | stink up | stinkiness | sweetness | whiff | wind | Zeitgeist Smell In Webster's Dictionary \Smell\, 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.
2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
scent out; -- often with out. ``I smell a device.''
--Shak.
Can you smell him out by that? --Shak.
3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer.
{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.]
\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. 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. --Milton. 3. To exercise the sense of smell. --Ex. xxx. 38. 4. To exercise sagacity. --Shak. \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}. 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. Breathing the smell of field and grove. --Milton. That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. --Bacon. Syn: Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance. |
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