smell

any property detected by the olfactory system

smell bad

“He rarely washes, and he smells”

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

“it had the smell of treason”

the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

the act of perceiving the odor of something

have an element suggestive (of something)

“this passage smells of plagiarism”

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

“she loved the smell of roses”

become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

“I smell trouble”

emit an odor

“The soup smells good”

inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense