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smell

(sm/E/l )

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form(noun.cognition)

Example:
She loved the smell of roses.

Synonym:
odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation

source: wordnet30
any property detected by the olfactory system(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent

source: wordnet30
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people(noun.state)

Example:
It had the smell of treason.

Synonym:
feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, spirit, tone

source: wordnet30
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell

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the act of perceiving the odor of something(noun.act)

Synonym:
smelling

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The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.(noun)

source: webster1913

inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense(verb.perception)

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emit an odor(verb.perception)

Example:
The soup smells good.

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smell bad(verb.perception)

Example:
He rarely washes, and he smells.

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have an element suggestive (of something)(verb.perception)

Example:
This passage smells of plagiarism.

Synonym:
reek, smack

source: wordnet30
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively(verb.cognition)

Example:
I smell trouble.
Smell out corruption.

Synonym:
sense, smell out

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.(verb)

source: webster1913