smell
31smell — 1. noun /smɛl/ a) A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. I love the smell of fresh bread. b) The sense that detects smells …
32smell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scent; stink; sniff, snuff, inhale; detect, nose out. See odor, malodorousness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pleasant smell] Syn. fragrance, odor, scent, perfume, exhalation, redolence, essence, aroma,… …
33smell — Synonyms 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,… …
34smell — 1. noun the smell of the kitchen Syn: odor, aroma, fragrance, scent, perfume, redolence; bouquet, nose; stench, fetor, stink, reek, whiff; informal funk; literary miasma 2. verb 1) he smelled her perfume Syn …
35smell — 1. To scent; to perceive an odor by means of the olfactory apparatus. 2. SYN: olfaction (1). 3. SYN: odor. * * * smell smel vb, smelled smeld or smelt smelt …
36smell — noun 1》 the faculty of perceiving odours by means of the organs in the nose. 2》 a quality in something that is perceived by this faculty; an odour. ↘an unpleasant odour. 3》 an act of inhaling in order to ascertain an odour. verb (past and… …
37smell — v 1. scent, nose, get a whiff of, sniff, snuff; inhale, breathe in. 2. perceive, detect, discern; intuit, sense, feel, suspect. 3. reek, stink, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the nostrils, Inf. knock out. n 4. olfaction,… …
38smell — smel n. act of smelling, sniffing; sense of smell; scent, odor, fragrance; characteristic quality, aura v. perceive an odor through the nose by means of the sense of smell; examine with the nose sniff; stink; emit an odor or fragrance; sense,… …
39smell of — to be tainted with What you are said to smell of is something taboo. Thus to smell of the counting house was, among the landed gentry, to be contaminated by having actually earned your wealth: If she thought that any of her newcomers… …
40smell — Honi, honihoni (transitive). Also: hanu, ea, ea. See saying, goat. ♦ Sweet smelling, ala, a ala; onaona (soft); paoa, kūpaoa (strong); māpu, maoani (wafted); anuhea, waianuhea (cool, soft); kolopua, hō ala, kāna e, nae, kaluhea, pē, puīa …
