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.
To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; - often with out.
To give heed to.
To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; - often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
To exercise the sense of smell.
To exercise sagacity.
The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.
To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
To have a smell.
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.
Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.