the faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose:a highly developed sense of smelldogs locate the bait by smell
[count noun] a quality in something that is perceived by the faculty of smell; an odour or scent:lingering kitchen smellsa smell of coffee
an unpleasant odour:twenty-seven cats lived there—you can imagine the smell!
an act of inhaling in order to ascertain an odour or scent:have a smell of this
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Universal
1 [with object] perceive or detect the odour or scent of (something):I think I can smell something burning [no object]:becoming deaf or blind or unable to smell
sniff at (something) in order to perceive or detect its odour or scent:the dogs smell each other
(smell something out) detect or discover something by the faculty of smell:his nose can smell out an animal from ten miles away
detect or suspect (something) by means of instinct or intuition:he can smell trouble long before it gets serioushe can smell out weakness in others
2 [no object] emit an odour or scent of a specified kind:the place smelled of damp [with complement]:the food smelt and tasted good (as adjective, in combination -smelling)a strong-smelling herb
have a strong or unpleasant odour:if I don’t get a bath soon I’ll start to smellit smells in here
appear in a certain way; be suggestive of something:it smells like a hoax to me
smell blood
discern weakness or vulnerability in an opponent:the leader of the opposition, who smelt blood, accused the government of the biggest tax hike ever
smell a rat
informal begin to suspect trickery or deception:when he died, investigators were called in and soon smelt a rat
smell the roses
North American informal enjoy or appreciate what is often ignored:they need to wake up and smell the roses
