Smell

Gujarati Meaning

વાસ

સૂંઘવું

English Meaning

  1. To perceive the scent of (something) by means of the olfactory nerves.
  2. To sense the presence of by or as if by the olfactory nerves; detect or discover: We smelled trouble ahead. The committee tried to smell out corruption in law enforcement.
  3. To use the sense of smell; perceive the scent of something.
  4. To have or emit an odor: "The breeze smelled exactly like Vouvray—flowery, with a hint of mothballs underneath” ( Anne Tyler).
  5. To be suggestive; have a touch of something: a cave that smells of terror.
  6. To have or emit an unpleasant odor; stink: This closet smells.
  7. To appear to be dishonest; suggest evil or corruption.
  8. The sense by which odors are perceived; the olfactory sense.
  9. That quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense.
  10. The act or an instance of smelling.
  11. A distinctive enveloping or characterizing quality; an aura or trace: the smell of success.
  12. smell a rat Slang To suspect that something is wrong.