Smell

Any property detected by the olfactory system

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

Examples

It had the smell of treason

The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

The act of perceiving the odor of something

Synonyms

Smelling

Has types

Sniff

Snuff

Have an element suggestive (of something)

Synonyms

Reek

Smack

Examples

This passage smells of plagiarism

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

Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

Type of

Perceive

Examples

I smell trouble

Smell out corruption

Emit an odor

Examples

The soup smells good

Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

Smell bad

Has types

Reek

Stink

Salute

Examples

He rarely washes, and he smells