Word Finder - smell

definition

A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

example

I love the smell of fresh bread.

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The sense that detects odours.

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A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

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To sense a smell or smells.

example

I can smell fresh bread.

synonyms

• detect
• sense

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Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

example

Her feet smell of cheese.

synonyms

• pong
• reek
• stink
• whiff

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(without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.

example

Ew, this stuff smells.

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To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.

example

A report smells of calumny.

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To exercise sagacity.

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To detect or perceive; often with out.

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To give heed to.

I love the smell of the ocean.

I could smell coffee.

She rose and approached, resting back on her heels in front of him, close enough for him to smell her musk and feel her heat.

I could smell fresh muffins.

The smell of coffee brought Yancey back into the room a little later.

Here I am, so close to the tipster I can smell her; or him.

Yet, when the smell of bacon lured him to the kitchen, she found herself wishing he would address the subject.

Pierre had not eaten all day and the smell of the potatoes seemed extremely pleasant to him.

From the alighting board, instead of the former spirituous fragrant smell of honey and venom, and the warm whiffs of crowded life, comes an odor of emptiness and decay mingling with the smell of honey.

There was a smell of decaying leaves and of dog.

The smell of pancakes still hung in the air of the cozy kitchen.

It was delightful to lose ourselves in the green hollows of that tangled wood in the late afternoon, and to smell the cool, delicious odours that came up from the earth at the close of day.

At one and the same moment came the sound of an explosion, a whistle of splinters as from a breaking window frame, a suffocating smell of powder, and Prince Andrew started to one side, raising his arm, and fell on his chest.

Dean instinctively sniffed the air for the smell of cordite but his nostrils picked up only the scent of alcohol.

Walking a path that led to the pond, he found the distinct smell of human.

Somewhere in the distance, a Meadowlark called, its melodic song adding sweetness to the smell of wild roses.

She liked his smell, his warmth, his strength…even his snarkiness.

Immediately upon stepping over the threshold, Jackson's sense of smell took over.

And why does it smell like the best hamburger earth can make?

She flung her arms around him, the sweet smell of innocence and softness of her body making him melt.

They used to hang in long festoons from our porch, filling the whole air with their fragrance, untainted by any earthy smell; and in the early morning, washed in the dew, they felt so soft, so pure, I could not help wondering if they did not resemble the asphodels of God's garden.

The bees do not fly in the same way, the smell and the sound that meet the beekeeper are not the same.

The air was filled with the smell of sulfur and the sound of gunfire.

She stood for a moment, trying to remember what the smell was.

Perhaps I can get the smell out of that old dress.

Even in the days before my teacher came, I used to feel along the square stiff boxwood hedges, and, guided by the sense of smell would find the first violets and lilies.

The girl was close enough behind him to smell the dankness of his tangled locks.

Dean was close enough that he could smell the musk of her freshly washed body as she took a deep breath and let out a long and resigned sigh.

Well you smell delicious.

She tried to turn away, but the smell filled her senses with inhuman hunger and desperation.

He drooled at the smell, his gums and body aching for a taste.

Like every deaf or blind person, Miss Keller depends on her sense of smell to an unusual degree.

There was a masculine odor and a smell of tobacco.

The candles were then extinguished and some spirit lighted, as Pierre knew by the smell, and he was told that he would now see the lesser light.

Directly Rostov entered the door he was enveloped by a smell of putrefaction and hospital air.

It doesn't smell as if it was cleaned or preserved.

A delicious smell mixing with giggles and laughter wafted from a sidewalk table where a group of young girls were peddling baked goodies.

As they approached the spring, the smell of rotting flesh was strong.

The room was stuffy and the smell of cigarette smoke still lingered.

She sank into the luxurious seat, enjoying the smooth ride and the smell of leather.

But a funny thing; the milk doesn't smell bad and everything still feels cold.

It'll smell like a whale died in here now, and I've only got three more Tahoes that survived the hurricane.

They smell like they spent years on the ground.

She wore no makeup but some alluring perfume made her smell like heaven.

Intrigued by the new scents, she began opening bottles to smell them.

He put a tray of garlic bread into the oven and the pungent smell of warming cheese filled the room.

A faint floral smell, however, it couldn't be perfume.

It had the stale smell of an abandoned building.

Her sense of smell is wonderful.

So vividly did he recall that hospital stench of dead flesh that he looked round to see where the smell came from.