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smell

English

  1. 🔊 the act of perceiving the odor of something
  2. 🔊 the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
  3. 🔊 the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
    “she loved the smell of roses”
  4. 🔊 any property detected by the olfactory system
  5. 🔊 the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
    “the feel of the city excited him”
  6. 🔊 become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
    “I sense his hostility”
  7. 🔊 emit an odor
    “The soup smells good”
  8. 🔊 smell bad
    “He rarely washes, and he smells”
  9. 🔊 inhale the odor of
  10. 🔊 have an element suggestive (of something)
    “his speeches smacked of racism”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 baranda smell
  2. 🔊 fragar to smell
  3. 🔊 olor smell, scent, odor
  4. 🔊 olfato smell, olfaction, sense of smell (sense that detects smells)

Similar words

smelling olfactory property aroma odor odour scent sense of smell olfaction olfactory modality odor odour olfactory sensation olfactory perception spirit tone feel feeling flavor flavour look smell out sense smack reek