English to English
noun
- the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
She loved the smell of roses.
source: WordNet 3.0
- any property detected by the olfactory system
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of perceiving the odor of something
source: WordNet 3.0
- The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
source: WordNet 3.0
- emit an odor
The soup smells good.
source: WordNet 3.0
- smell bad
He rarely washes, and he smells.
source: WordNet 3.0
- have an element suggestive (of something)
His speeches smacked of racism.
This passage smells of plagiarism.
source: WordNet 3.0
- become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
I sense his hostility.
I smell trouble.
Smell out corruption.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [smel] Pangamoy; amoy
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espaņol-Tagalog
verb
- [smel] Amuyin; pangamuyin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espaņol-Tagalog
