Idioms for smell

    smell a rat. rat(def 6).

Origin of smell

1125–75; early Middle English smell, smull (noun), smellen, smullen (v.) < ?

SYNONYMS FOR smell

13 See odor.

OTHER WORDS FROM smell

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British Dictionary definitions for smell

smell
/ (smɛl) /

verb smells, smelling, smelt or smelled

noun

Derived forms of smell

smeller, noun

Word Origin for smell

C12: of uncertain origin; compare Middle Dutch smölen to scorch

Medical definitions for smell

smell
[ smĕl ]

v.

To perceive the scent of something by means of the olfactory nerves.

n.

The sense by which odors are perceived; the olfactory sense.

Idioms and Phrases with smell

smell