verb

1. To sense a smell or smells.

   “I can smell fresh bread.”

2. Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

   “Her feet smell of cheese.”

3. (without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.

   “Ew, this stuff smells.”

Synonyms: detect, sense, pong, reek, stink, whiff

noun

1. The act by which something is smelled.