smell
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{{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ overpowering, pervasive, pungent, rich, sharp, strong▪
There was an overpowering smell of burning rubber.
▪ faint▪ distinct▪ distinctive, particular, unmistakable▪ funny, peculiar, strange, unusual▪What's that funny smell?
▪ familiar▪ lingering▪ aromatic, delectable, delicious, fragrant, fresh, lovely, nice, pleasant, sweet, wonderful▪the sweet smell of roses
▪ warm▪ awful, bad, disgusting, evil, foul, horrible, nasty, offensive, terrible, unpleasant, vile▪ acrid, nauseating, noxious, putrid, rank, sickly▪An acrid smell filled the air.
▪ damp, musty, rancid, sour, stale▪the sour smell of unwashed linen
▪ chemical, earthy, fishy, masculine, metallic, musky, smoky, spicy▪ burning, cooking▪Cooking smells drifted up from the kitchen.
VERB + SMELL▪ be filled with, have▪The air was filled with a pervasive smell of chemicals.
▪The house had a musty smell after being shut up over the winter.
▪ give off▪The skunk gives off an unpleasant smell when attacked.
▪ catch, detect, notice▪As she walked into the house she detected the smell of gas.
▪ mask▪Fragrance dispensers are designed to mask unpleasant smells.
SMELL + VERB▪ come, drift, emanate, float, waft▪The smell was coming from the kitchen.
▪A delicious smell of freshly baked bread wafted across the lawn.
▪ fill sth, hang in the air▪The smell of death hangs in the air.
▪ hit sb▪Then the pungent smell hit us—rotting fish and seaweed.
PREPOSITION▪ smell from▪the putrid smell from the slaughterhouse
▪ smell of▪the smell of smoke
PHRASES▪ sense of smell▪Deer have a keen sense of smell.
▪ the sights, sounds and smells of …▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The sights, sounds and smells of Delhi stunned me.
verb1 notice/identify sth by using your noseADVERB▪ almost, practically▪Snow fell so that you could almost smell the cold.
▪You could practically smell the danger around us.
VERB + SMELL▪ can▪Can you smell gas?
2 have a particular smellADVERB▪ strongly▪His clothes smelled strongly of fish.
▪ faintly, slightly, vaguely▪He smelled faintly of sweat.
PREPOSITION▪ like▪It smells like rotten meat!
▪ of▪The kitchen smelled sweetly of herbs and fruit.
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smell — smell,[/p] scent, odor, aroma all denote a property of a thing that makes it perceptible to the olfactory sense. Smell not only is the most general of these terms but tends to be the most colorless. It is the appropriate word when merely the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Smell — (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm[ o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smell — [smel] vt. smelled or [Chiefly Brit.] Brit. smelt, smelling [ME smellen < OE * smyllan < IE base * smel , to burn slowly > SMOLDER: basic sense “to give off smoke”] 1. to be or become aware of by means of the nose and the olfactory… … English World dictionary
smell — smell; smell·able; smell·age; smell·er; smell·ful; smell·fun·gus; smell·ie; smell·i·ness; … English syllables
Smell — Smell, n. [OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See {Smell}, v. t.] (Physiol.) 1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See {Sense}. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Smell — Smell, v. i. 1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk. [1913 Webster] 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smell — verb. The form for the past tense and past participle in BrE is smelled or smelt; in AmE smelled is usually preferred. When the verb is used intransitively, the quality of the smell is normally expressed either by a phrase introduced by of or by… … Modern English usage
smell — (v.) late 12c., emit or perceive an odor, also (n.) odor, aroma, stench; not found in O.E., perhaps cognate with M.Du. smolen, Low Ger. smelen to smolder (see SMOLDER (Cf. smolder)). OED says no doubt of O.E. origin, but not recorded, and not… … Etymology dictionary
smell — [n] odor aroma, bouquet, emanation, essence, flavor, fragrance, incense, perfume, redolence, savor, scent, spice, stench, stink, tang, trace, trail, whiff; concepts 590,599 smell [v1] perceive with the nose breathe, detect, discover, find, get a… … New thesaurus
smell|y — «SMEHL ee», adjective, smell|i|er, smell|i|est. having or giving out a strong or unpleasant smell: »I wonder what makes the sea so smelly. I don t like it (Rudyard Kipling). SYNONYM( … Useful english dictionary
Smell — may refer to:* Olfaction, the sense of smell, the ability of humans and other animals to perceive odors * Odor * In programming, a code smell is a symptom in the source code of a program that something is wrong … Wikipedia
