smell: Bedeutung und Definitionen

To perceive the scent of (something) by means of the olfactory nerves.

To sense the presence of by or as if by the olfactory nerves; detect or discover: We smelled trouble ahead. The committee tried to smell out corruption in law enforcement.

To use the sense of smell; perceive the scent of something.

To have or emit an odor: "The breeze smelled exactly like Vouvray—flowery, with a hint of mothballs underneath” ( Anne Tyler).

To be suggestive; have a touch of something: a cave that smells of terror.

To have or emit an unpleasant odor; stink: This closet smells.

To appear to be dishonest; suggest evil or corruption.

The sense by which odors are perceived; the olfactory sense.

That quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense.

The act or an instance of smelling.

A distinctive enveloping or characterizing quality; an aura or trace: the smell of success.

smell a rat Slang To suspect that something is wrong.