Found 4 items, similar to smell.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: smell
bau
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: smell
aroma, bau, berbau, cium, endus, membaui, mencium
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: smell
smell
n 1: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the
nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous
form;
“she loved the smell of roses” [syn:
odor,
odour,
olfactory sensation,
olfactory perception]
2: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn:
olfactory property
,
aroma,
odor,
odour,
scent]
3: 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” [syn:
spirit,
tone,
feel,
feeling,
flavor,
flavour,
look]
4: the faculty of smell [syn:
sense of smell,
olfaction,
olfactory modality
]
5: the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn:
smelling]
[also:
smelt]
smell
v 1: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
2: emit an odor;
“The soup smells good”
3: smell bad;
“He rarely washes, and he smells”
[also:
smelt]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Smell
Smell
\Smell\ (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Smelled,
Smelt;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Smelling.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen;
cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to
reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf.
Smell, n.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell;
to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs
when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities;
to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell
perfumes.
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2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
scent out; -- often with out.
“I smell a device.”
--Shak.
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Can you smell him out by that? --Shak.
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3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
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From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer.
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To smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not
clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
To smell out, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]
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Smell
\Smell\, v. i.
1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent;
-- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of
musk.
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2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to
savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
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Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of
craft. --Milton.
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3. To exercise the sense of smell. --Ex. xxx. 38.
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4. To exercise sagacity. --Shak.
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Smell
\Smell\, n. [OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See
Smell, v.
t.] (Physiol.)
1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies
are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory
nerves. See
Sense.
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2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation
therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor;
scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.
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Breathing the smell of field and grove. --Milton.
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That which, above all others, yields the sweetest
smell in the air, is the violent. --Bacon.
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Syn: Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance.
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