(at a smell)
21smell — ► NOUN 1) the faculty of perceiving odours by means of the organs in the nose. 2) a quality that is perceived by this faculty; an odour. 3) an act of inhaling in order to perceive an odour. ► VERB (past and past part. smelt or smelled) 1)… …
22smell at — To sniff at, take a smell at • • • Main Entry: ↑smell …
23smell of — 1. To have the smell of 2. To savour of • • • Main Entry: ↑smell …
24smell to high heaven — smell/stink to high heaven to smell very bad. That chicken farm stinks to high heaven …
25smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you …
26smell a rat — ► smell a rat informal suspect trickery. Main Entry: ↑smell …
27smell-less — ˈsmellə̇s adjective : having no smell …
28smell-trap — smellˈ trap noun A drain trap • • • Main Entry: ↑smell …
29smell blood — phrase to notice that an opponent is weak and that you have the opportunity to defeat them The media smelled blood and went after the story. Thesaurus: to take part in a competition or gamesynonym Main entry: smell * * * discern weakness or… …
30smell to high heaven — smell/stink/to high heaven informal phrase to smell extremely bad Thesaurus: to produce a smellsynonym to shine, glow or give off lightsynonym …