What is the meaning of smell?

noun

• The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
  • usage: "she loved the smell of roses"
  • synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
• Any property detected by the olfactory system.
  • synonyms: olfactory property, aroma, odor, odour, scent
• The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.
  • usage: "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
  • synonyms: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look
• The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents.
  • synonyms: sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality
• The act of perceiving the odor of something.
  • synonyms: smelling

verb

• Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense.
• Emit an odor.
  • usage: "The soup smells good"
• Smell bad.
  • usage: "He rarely washes, and he smells"
• Have an element suggestive (of something. )
  • usage: "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
  • synonyms: smack, reek
• Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively.
  • usage: "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"
  • synonyms: smell out, sense