smell

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

“she loved the smell of roses”

any property detected by the olfactory system

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”

the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

the act of perceiving the odor of something

inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

“The customs agents smell the bags for drugs”

emit an odor

“The soup smells good”

“The food does smell good”

smell bad

“He rarely washes, and he smells”

have an element suggestive (of something)

“his speeches smacked of racism”

“this passage smells of plagiarism”

become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

“I sense his hostility”

“I smell trouble”

“smell out corruption”