Definizione monolingua

smell

smell (third-person singular simple present smells, present participle smelling, simple past and past participle smelled or smelt)

1. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.

   I can smell fresh bread.

   Smell the milk and tell me whether its gone off.

2. (transitive, followed by like or of) To have the smell (of).

   His feet smell of cheese.

   The bum smelt like a brewery.

3. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

   The roses smell lovely.

smell (countable and uncountable; plural smells)

1. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

   I love the smell of fresh bread.

   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     The penetrating smell of cabbage reached the nose of Toad as he lay prostrate in his misery on the floor, and gave him the idea for a moment that perhaps life was not such a blank and desperate thing as he had imagined. But still he wailed, and kicked with his legs, and refused to be comforted. So the wise girl retired for the time, but, of course, a good deal of the smell of hot cabbage remained behind, as it will do, and Toad, between his sobs, sniffed and reflected, and gradually began to think new and inspiring thoughts: of chivalry, and poetry...

2. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.

Definizione dizionario smell

	sentire
	sense a smell or smells
	Percepire la presenza di molecole nell'aria inalandole attraverso il naso.
	To perceive the presence of molecules in the air by inhaling them through the nose.

	odorare
	have the smell of
	have a particular smell
	Percepire la presenza di molecole nell'aria inalandole attraverso il naso.
	To perceive the presence of molecules in the air by inhaling them through the nose.

	odore
	sensation
	Ciò che viene percepito dagli organi dell'olfatto.
	That which is perceived by the nasal organs.

	fiutare
	sense a smell or smells

	puzzare
	Emanare un odore che può essere pecepito dal naso.
	To give off a smell that can be perceived by the nose.

annusare

aroma

effluvio

emanare odore

fetore

fragranza

inalare

odorato

odoro

odorà

olezzo

olfatto

profumare

profumo

puzza

puzza-ppèsta

puzzo

puzzà

subodorare

Altri significati:

A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

get an inkling (of something)

(to) smell

(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.

sense

(intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

smell (with intention of doing it)

(physiology) The sense that detects smells.

(transitive, followed by like '''or''' of ) To have the smell (of).