Definition of "Smell" :

noun: the act of perceiving the odor of something

noun: any property detected by the olfactory system

noun: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

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."

noun: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

"It had the smell of treason."

verb: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

"I smell trouble."

verb: emit an odor

"The soup smells good."

verb: smell bad

"He rarely washes, and he smells."

verb: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

verb: have an element suggestive (of something)

"This passage smells of plagiarism."