Smell
[smel] or [smɛl]
Definition
(noun.) the act of perceiving the odor of something.
(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; 'she loved the smell of roses'.
(verb.) become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; 'I sense his hostility'; 'i smell trouble'; 'smell out corruption'.
(verb.) emit an odor; 'The soup smells good'.
(verb.) smell bad; 'He rarely washes, and he smells'.
(verb.) inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense.
Checker: Paulette--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out.
(n.) To give heed to.
(v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
(v. i.) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
(v. i.) To exercise the sense of smell.
(v. i.) To exercise sagacity.
(v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
(v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Scent, get scent of.
v. n. Have an odor, have a scent.
n. Scent, odor, perfume, fragrance, aroma.
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Definition
v.i. to affect the nose: to have odour: to use the sense of smell.—v.t. to perceive by the nose:—pa.t. and pa.p. smelled or smelt.—n. the quality of bodies which affects the nose: odour: perfume: the sense which perceives this quality.—ns. Smell′er; Smell′-feast a greedy fellow; Smell′ing the sense by which smells are perceived; Smell′ing-bott′le a bottle containing smelling-salts or the like; Smell′ing-salts a preparation of ammonium carbonate with lavender &c. used as a stimulant in faintness &c.; Smell′-trap a drain-trap.—adj. Smell′y having a bad smell.—Smell a rat (see Rat); Smell out to find out by prying.
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Examples
- Which would you rather smell? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Don't you smell rum? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I never smoke myself, so I think I should have observed it if there had been any smell of tobacco. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He knows drugs, you may be sure, as you can neither smell nor see, neither before they're swallowed nor after. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You remember in her statement she said that her sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They smell less if one blows them out, she explained, with her bright housekeeping air. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It is the same case with particular sounds, and tastes and smells. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He complained, quite gravely, of the noises and the smells of London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Nor canst thou smell what a dog smells. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It smells all right, he said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It smells of anis but it is bitter as gall, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It smells of the freshest, purest fragrance, after the smokiness of Harley Street. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And what is more he smelt of death. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He smelt it--tasted it--smiled benignantly--then said: It is inferior--for coffee--but it is pretty fair tea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was back in a moment, and I smelt a strong reek of brandy as he passed me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The humbled mutineer smelt it, tasted it, and returned to his seat. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- While this was going on, Mr. Pickwick had been eyeing the room, which was filthily dirty, and smelt intolerably close. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The more he polished the worse I smelt. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They smelled cleanly of oil and grease. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The swans had gone out on to the opposite bank, the reeds smelled sweet, a faint breeze touched the skin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The hay smelled good and lying in a barn in the hay took away all the years in between. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But they also smelled the thing and all knew of it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And I tell you that I smelled death on your colleague who was here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I heard the rain on the roof and smelled the hay and, when I went down, the clean smell of dried dung in the stable. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Deerhurst was smelling a bottle of hartshorn, which Sophia's landlady held fast to the end of his nose. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Smelling the grub like a old lady a going to market! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The night was hot, and the shop, close shut and surrounded by so foul a neighbourhood, was ill-smelling. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was a dreadful old man to look at, in a filthy flannel waistcoat, and smelling terribly of rum. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There doubtless was good cause for objection to the smoky, unpleasant smelling light then produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I'll let you know, if you don't bring smelling-salts, cold water, and vinegar, quick, I will. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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