Dictionary Definition
smell
Noun
1 the sensation that results when olfactory
receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in
gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" [syn: odor, odour, olfactory
sensation, olfactory
perception]
2 any property detected by the olfactory system
[syn: olfactory
property, aroma,
odor, odour, scent]
3 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" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look]
5 the act of perceiving the odor of something
[syn: smelling]
Verb
1 inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory
sense
2 emit an odor; "The soup smells good"
3 smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells"
[also: smelt]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /smɛl/, /smEl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
Synonyms
Translations
sensation
- Albanian: joshë
- Czech: vůně
- Dutch: geur , reuk , stank (unpleasant)
- Finnish: haju
- German: Geruch
- Hebrew: ריח
- Hungarian: szag, illat (pleasant), bűz (unpleasant)
- Indonesian: bau, aroma
- Italian: odore
- Kazakh: кетшi (ketşi)
- Kurdish: بۆن
- Polish: zapach
- Portuguese: cheiro
- Romanian: miros
- Russian: запах
- Spanish: olor
- Swedish: lukt
- Telugu: వాసన (vaasana)
sense
Verb
- To sense a smell or
smells.
- I can smell fresh bread.
- Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.
- I can smell fresh bread.
- In the context of "transitive|followed by like or of": To have
the smell (of).
- His feet smell of cheese.
- The bum smelt like a brewery.
- His feet smell of cheese.
- To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- The roses smell lovely.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- come up smelling of roses
- sense of smell
- smell a rat
- smell the barn
- smelly
- wake up and smell the coffee
Translations
sense a smell or smells
- Arabic: (šámma)
- Chinese: 聞, 闻 (wén)
- Czech: cítit
- Dutch: ruiken
- Finnish: haistaa
- French: sentir
- German: riechen
- Hungarian: szagol, megszagol
- Italian: sentire, fiutare
- Japanese: 匂う (におう, niou)
- Korean: 냄새를 맡다 (naemsaereul matda)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: adolēre
- Lithuanian: uosti
- Portuguese: cheirar
- Romanian: mirosi
- Russian: обонять (obonját’), чуять (čújat'), нюхать (n'úχat')
- Spanish: oler
- Swedish: lukta
have the smell of
have a particular smell
- ttbc Esperanto: flari
- ttbc Indonesian: mencium, membaui
References
Extensive Definition
Smell may refer to:
- Olfaction, the sense of smell, the ability of humans and other animals to perceive odors
- Odor
- In programming, a code smell is a symptom in the source code of a program that something is wrong.
smell in Simple English: Smell
smell in Swedish: Lukt
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
apprehend, aroma, be aromatic, be aware of,
be conscious of, be redolent of, be sensible of, be warm, bouquet, breath, breathe, breathe in, burn, cast, chromesthesia, color
hearing, dash, definite
odor, detect, detectable
odor, effluvium,
emanation, emit a
smell, essence, exhalation, exhale, experience, feel, fetidness, fetor, five senses, flavor, follow, follow a clue, follow up,
fragrance, fume, funk, get wind of, gleam, hear, hearing, hint, hum, hunt down, idea, incense, inhale, intimation, lick, look, mephitis, nose, nose out, odor, offend the nostrils, olfaction, olfactory sense,
perceive, perfume, phonism, photism, receptor, redolence, reek, respond, respond to stimuli, run
down, run to earth, savor,
scent, scintilla, see, sense, sense of smell, sense
organ, senses, sensillum, sensorium, sensory organ,
shade, shadow, sight, sip, sixth sense, smack, smattering, smell bad, smell
of, smell out, smell to heaven, smell up, smelling, snaffle, sniff, sniff out, snuff, snuffle, soupcon, spark, spice, spoor, sprinkling, stalk, stench, stink, stink out, stink up,
strain, subtle odor,
suggestion, sup, suspicion, synesthesia, tail, taste, thought, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trace down, track, track down, trail, whiff, yield an
odor