smell smelling | the act of perceiving the odor of something |
olfactory property smell aroma odor odour scent | any property detected by the olfactory system |
smell sense of smell olfaction olfactory modality | the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents |
smell odor odour olfactory sensation olfactory perception | the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form, she loved the smell of roses |
spirit tone feel feeling flavor flavour look smell | 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 |
smell smell out sense | become aware of not through the senses but instinctively, I sense his hostility, i smell trouble, smell out corruption |
smell | emit an odor, The soup smells good |
smell | smell bad, He rarely washes, and he smells |
smell | inhale the odor of, perceive by the olfactory sense |
sniff out scent out smell out nose out | recognize or detect by or as if by smelling, He can smell out trouble |
stink up smell up stink out | cause to smell bad, fill with a bad smell |
smack d reek d smell | have an element suggestive (of something), his speeches smacked of racism, this passage smells of plagiarism |
fishy funny shady suspect suspicious | not as expected, there was something fishy about the accident, up to some funny business, some definitely queer goings-on, a shady deal, her motives were suspect, suspicious behavior |
fishy | of or relating to or resembling fish, the soup had a fishy smell |