- to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of: I smell something burning.
- to test by the sense of smell: She smelled the meat to see if it was fresh.
- to perceive, detect, or discover by shrewdness or sagacity: The detective smelled foul play.
- to perceive something by its odor or scent.
- to search or investigate (followed by around or about).
- to give off or have an odor or scent: Do the yellow roses smell?
- to give out an offensive odor; stink.
- to have a particular odor (followed by of): My hands smell of fish.
- to have a trace or suggestion (followed by of).
- to be of inferior quality; stink: The play is good, but the direction smells.
- to have the appearance or a suggestion of guilt or corruption: They may be honest, but the whole situation smells.
- the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- the quality of a thing that is or may be smelled; odor; scent.
- a trace or suggestion.
- an act or instance of smelling.
- a pervading appearance, character, quality, or influence: the smell of money.
- to look for or detect as if by smelling; search out: to smell out enemy spies.
- to fill with an offensive odor; stink up: The garbage smelled up the yard.
- to perceive the scent or odour of (a substance) by means of the olfactory nerves
- to have a specified smell; appear to the sense of smell to be
- to emit an odour (of)
- to emit an unpleasant odour; stink
- to detect through shrewdness or instinct
- to have or use the sense of smell; sniff
- to give indications (of)
- to search, investigate, or pry
- to be or seem to be untrustworthy or corrupt
- to detect something suspicious
- that sense (olfaction) by which scents or odours are perceived
- anything detected by the sense of smell; odour; scent
- a trace or indication
- the act or an instance of smelling
