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Definition of Smell

1. Noun. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form. "She loved the smell of roses"

2. Verb. Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense. "The customs agents smell the bags for drugs "

3. Noun. Any property detected by the olfactory system.

4. Verb. Emit an odor. "The food does smell good "; "The soup smells good"

5. Noun. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. "It had the smell of treason"

6. Verb. Smell bad. "He rarely washes, and he smells"

7. Noun. The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents.

8. Verb. Have an element suggestive (of something). "This passage smells of plagiarism"

9. Noun. The act of perceiving the odor of something.

10. Verb. Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. "Smell out corruption"

Definition of Smell

1. v. t. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.

2. v. i. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.

3. n. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.

Definition of Smell

1. to perceive by means of the olfactory nerves [v SMELLED or SMELT, SMELLING, SMELLS]

Medical Definition of Smell

1. 1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense. 2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odour; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. "Breathing the smell of field and grove." (Milton) "That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent." (Bacon) Synonym: Scent, odour, perfume, fragrance. Origin: OE. Smel, smil, smul, smeol. See Smell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smell

smeeching smeek smeeked smeeking smeeks smees smeeth smeeths smegma smegma

smegmalith smegmas smegma clitoridis smegma preputii smell (current term) smell (current term) smell-brain smelled smeller smellers

smellier smelliest smelling smelling(p) smellings smelling bottle smelling salts smelling salts smells smelly

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