smell : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smell	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for smell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smell n the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" Synonym(s): smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception any property detected by the olfactory system Synonym(s): olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" Synonym(s): spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents Synonym(s): smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality the act of perceiving the odor of something Synonym(s): smell, smelling v inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense emit an odor; "The soup smells good" smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" Synonym(s): smack, reek, smell become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" Synonym(s): smell, smell out, sense
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smell \Smell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm[94]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.] 1. 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. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out. [bd]I smell a device.[b8] --Shak. Can you smell him out by that? --Shak. 3. To give heed to. [Obs.] From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer. {To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.] {To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. --Milton. 3. To exercise the sense of smell. --Ex. xxx. 38. 4. To exercise sagacity. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}. 2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; 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. Syn: Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance.