smell

smell
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. scent; stink; sniff, snuff, inhale; detect, nose out. See odor, malodorousness.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A pleasant smell]
Syn. fragrance, odor, scent, perfume, exhalation, redolence, essence, aroma, bouquet, trail, trace, emanation.
2. [An unpleasant smell]
Syn. malodor, stench, fetidness, stink, mephitis, mustiness, rancidity, effluvium, foulness, reek, uncleanness, fume.
3. [The sense of smell]
Syn. smelling, detection, olfactory perception, nasal sensory power, olfactory sensitivity, olfaction, response to olfactory stimuli.
Syn.- smell is the most general word for any quality perceived through the olfactory sense [ foul and fresh smells] ; scent refers to the emanation from the thing smelled, often implying that it can be discriminated only by a sensitive sense of smell [ the scent of a hunted animal ] ; odor suggests a heavier emanation and, therefore, one that is more generally perceptible and more clearly recognizable [ chemical odors] ; aroma suggests a pervasive, pleasant, often sharp odor [ the aroma of fine tobacco ] v.
1. [To give off odor]
Syn. perfume, scent, exhale, emanate, stink, stench.
2. [To use the sense of smell]
Syn. scent, sniff, inhale, snuff, perceive, detect, nose out, get a whiff of*; see also breathe 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. sense of smell olfaction, perception.
2. odor scent, aroma, fragrance, stink, reek, stench, fume, perfume, bouquet, emanation, whiff, essence. see odor
II
v.
sniff, inhale, sample, get a whiff of, snuff, breathe.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To perceive with the olfactory sense: nose, scent, sniff, snuff, whiff. Idiom: catch (or get) a whiff of. See SMELLS . 2. To have or give off a foul odor: reek, stink. Mom: smell to high heaven. See SMELLS. 3. To have a particular flavor or suggestion of something: savor, smack2, suggest, taste. See SUGGEST. II noun 1. The sense by which odors are perceived: nose, olfaction, scent. See SMELLS. 2. The quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense: aroma, odor, scent. See SMELLS. 3. A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic: air, ambiance, atmosphere, aura, feel, feeling, mood, tone. See BE.

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