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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            breathing the smell of field and grove. --milton.
      1913 webster

            that which, above all others, yields the sweetest
            smell in the air, is the violent.     --bacon.
      1913 webster

   syn: scent; odor; perfume; fragrance.
        1913 webster
see also:
smell sense 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smell \smell\ sme^l, v. t. imp.  p. p. smelled, smelt;
   p. pr.  vb. n. smelling. oe. smellen, smillen, smullen;
   cf. lg. smellen, smelen, sm"olen, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
      scent out; -- often with out. "i smell a device." --shak.
      1913 webster

            can you smell him out by that?        --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to give heed to. obs.
      1913 webster

            from that time forward i began to smellthe word of
            god, and forsook the school doctors.  --latimer.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
smelled smelt smelling smell to smell a rat to smell out 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      1913 webster

   2. to have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to
      savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
      1913 webster

            praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of
            craft.                                --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. to exercise the sense of smell. --ex. xxx. 38.
      1913 webster

   4. to exercise sagacity. --shak.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
     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
see also:
odor odour olfactory sensation olfactory perception olfactory property aroma 
scent spirit tone feel feeling 
flavor flavour look sense of smell olfaction 
olfactory modality smelling smelt 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
127 moby thesaurus words for "smell":
   apprehend, aroma, be aromatic, be aware of, be conscious of,
   be redolent of, be sensible of, be warm, bouquet, breath, breathe,
   breathe in, burn, cast, chromesthesia, color hearing, dash,
   definite odor, detect, detectable odor, effluvium, emanation,
   emit a smell, essence, exhalation, exhale, experience, feel,
   fetidness, fetor, five senses, flavor, follow, follow a clue,
   follow up, fragrance, fume, funk, get wind of, gleam, hear,
   hearing, hint, hum, hunt down, idea, incense, inhale, intimation,
   lick, look, mephitis, nose, nose out, odor, offend the nostrils,
   olfaction, olfactory sense, perceive, perfume, phonism, photism,
   receptor, redolence, reek, respond, respond to stimuli, run down,
   run to earth, savor, scent, scintilla, see, sense, sense of smell,
   sense organ, senses, sensillum, sensorium, sensory organ, shade,
   shadow, sight, sip, sixth sense, smack, smattering, smell bad,
   smell of, smell out, smell to heaven, smell up, smelling, snaffle,
   sniff, sniff out, snuff, snuffle, soupcon, spark, spice, spoor,
   sprinkling, stalk, stench, stink, stink out, stink up, strain,
   subtle odor, suggestion, sup, suspicion, synesthesia, tail, taste,
   thought, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trace down, track,
   track down, trail, whiff, yield an odor





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