smell

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

any property detected by the olfactory system

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"

the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

the act of perceiving the odor of something

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"

become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"