smell Meaning and Definition

1. n. the act of perceiving the odor of something

2. n. any property detected by the olfactory system

3. n. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

4. n. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

5. n. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

6. v. emit an odor

7. v. smell bad

8. v. inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense