smell


Meanings

  • the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form;
    • "she loved the smell of roses"
  • any property detected by the olfactory system
  • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;
    • "it had the smell of treason"
  • the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
  • the act of perceiving the odor of something
  • inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
  • emit an odor;
    • "The soup smells good"
  • smell bad;
    • "He rarely washes, and he smells"
  • have an element suggestive (of something);
    • "this passage smells of plagiarism"
  • become aware of not through the senses but instinctively;
    • "i smell trouble"
    • "smell out corruption"
  • SMELL v SMELLED or SMELT, SMELLING, SMELLS to perceive by means of the olfactory nerves


Scrabble Score: 7

smell is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

smell is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

smell is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 10

smell is a valid Words With Friends word