| inglese > italiano | |
| smell | |
| 1. sost. odore | |
| 2. sost. odorato, olfatto | |
| 3. verb. odorare | |
| 4. verb. fiutare | |
| 5. verb. odorare | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| smell | |
| 1. subst. 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. |  |
| 2. subst. (physiology) The sense that detects odours. |  |
| 3. v. To sense a smell or smells. |  |
| I can smell fresh bread. |  |
| Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off. |  |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of". |  |
| The roses smell lovely. |  |
| Her feet smell of cheese. |  |
| The drunkard smelt like a brewery. |  |
| 5. v. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink. |  |
| Ew, this stuff smells. |  |
| 6. v. (intransitive, figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour. |  |
| A report smells of calumny. |  |
| 7. v. (obsolete) To exercise sagacity. |  |
| 8. v. To detect or perceive; often with out. |  |
| 9. v. (obsolete) To give heed to. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| odorare | |
| 1. v. to smell |  |