Smell

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 1) * 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
 * The penetrating smell of cabbage reached the nose of Toad as he lay prostrate in his misery on the floor, and gave him the idea for a moment that perhaps life was not such a blank and desperate thing as he had imagined. But still he wailed, and kicked with his legs, and refused to be comforted. So the wise girl retired for the time, but, of course, a good deal of the smell of hot cabbage remained behind, as it will do, and Toad, between his sobs, sniffed and reflected, and gradually began to think new and inspiring thoughts: of chivalry, and poetry...
 * 1)  The sense that detects smells.

Synonyms

 * (sensation):
 * (pleasant): aroma, fragrance, odor/odour, scent
 * (unpleasant): odor/odour, niff, pong , reek, stench, stink, whiff
 * (sense): olfaction (in technical use), sense of smell
 * See also Thesaurus:smell

Verb

 * 1)  To sense a smell or smells.
 * I can smell fresh bread.
 * Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.
 * 1)  To have the smell (of).
 * His feet smell of cheese.
 * The bum smelt like a brewery.
 * 1)  To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
 * The roses smell lovely.

Synonyms

 * (sense a smell or smells): detect, sense
 * (have the smell of): (all followed by like or of)
 * (pleasant):
 * (unpleasant): pong, reek, stink, whiff

Derived terms

 * sense of smell
 * smell a rat
 * smell like a rose


 * smell test
 * smell the barn
 * smelly


 * wake up and smell the coffee

Adjectives for Smell
offensive; pungent; rutting; rank; sharp; foul; conglomerate; musty; villainous; luscious; putrid; faint; concentrated; warning; sickish; sweet; dreadful; grateful; elegant; pervading; spicy; powerful; rebellious; horrepels; —revolts; — sickens ; —suggests ; —taints; —tempts.

Adverbs for Smell
repulsively; objectionably; heavenly; evilly; repugnantly; offensively; noisomely; pungently; abominably; provokingly; potently; sweetly; odiously; dankly; delectably.

Thesaurus
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, detectable odor, effluvium, emanation, emit a smell, essence, exhalation, exhale, experience, feel, fetidness, fetor, five senses, flavor, follow, follow a clue, follow up, fragrance, fume, funk, get wind of, gleam, hear, hearing, hint, hum, hunt down, idea, incense, inhale, intimation, lick, look, mephitis, nose, nose out, odor, offend the nostrils, olfaction, olfactory sense, perceive, perfume, phonism, photism, receptor, redolence, reek, respond, respond to stimuli, run down, run to earth, savor, scent, scintilla, see, sense, sense of smell, sense organ, senses, sensillum, sensorium, sensory organ, shade, shadow, sight, sip, sixth sense, smack, smattering, smell bad, smell of, smell out, smell to heaven, smell up, smelling, snaffle, sniff, sniff out, snuff, snuffle, soupcon, spark, spice, spoor, sprinkling, stalk, stench, stink, stink out, stink up, strain, subtle odor, suggestion, sup, suspicion, synesthesia, tail, taste, thought, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trace down, track, track down, trail, whiff, yield an odor

Etymology
From smellen:, smyllen:, smullen:; compare  smeulen:, cognate to  smölen:, smelen:;  smul:. Compare smolder:, smother:.

Noun

 * Albanian: joshë
 * Arabic: رائحة
 * Armenian: հոտ (hot)
 * Basque: usain
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 味道, 味兒,  味儿,  氣味,  气味
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: geur, reuk , stank (unpleasant)
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: szag, illat (pleasant), bűz (unpleasant)
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Kazakh: кетшi (ketşi)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latvian: smarža
 * Lithuanian: kvapas
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: മണം, ഗന്ധം,  വാസന
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Santali:
 * Sicilian: ciauru
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వాసన (vaasana)
 * Thai: กลิ่น
 * Vietnamese:


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian: հոտառություն (hotaṙut'yun)
 * Basque: usaimen
 * Catalan: olfacte
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lugtesans
 * Dutch: reukzin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Geruchssinn
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חוש הריח (khush ha-reykha)
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:


 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: oža
 * Lithuanian: uoslė
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: ഘ്രാണശക്തി
 * Norwegian: luktesans
 * Pashto:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: обоняние, нюх
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: వాసన (vaasana)
 * Volapük: smeilasien
 * Walloon: oda

Verb

 * Arabic: شم
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: usaindu
 * Bengali:
 * Catalan: olorar, odorar, ensumar, flairar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: μυρίζω
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: l'odore,


 * Japanese:, 匂いを感じる
 * Korean: 냄새를 맡다
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: olefacio,
 * Latvian: ost
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: намирисува, мириса
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: odurar
 * Russian: чувствовать запах, ощущать запах,  обонять,  ,
 * Santali:
 * Sicilian: ciaurari
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * !Xóõ: ta̰ã


 * Armenian:, հոտ ունենալ
 * Catalan: flairar, fer olor a
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 發出氣味, 发出气味
 * Danish: dufte, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: tuoksua, haista (joltakin)
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:


 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ost
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: мириса
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: odurar
 * Russian:
 * Santali:
 * Spanish: a
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: flairar, fer olor
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dufte, ,
 * Dutch: ruiken, geuren, stinken (unpleasant)
 * Finnish: tuoksua, haista (unpleasant)
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: riechen, stinken (unpleasant)
 * Italian:
 * Latin:


 * Latvian: ost
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: мириса
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: odurar
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * : flari
 * : mencium, membaui

Anagrams

 * mells