Smell

v. t.	1.	To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes. [imp. & p. p. Smelled Smelt ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling.]
	2.	To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; - often with out. Can you smell him out by that? - Shak.
	3.	To give heed to. From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. - Latimer. To smell a rat to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. To smell out to find out by sagacity.
v. i.	1.	To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; - often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
	2.	To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. - Milton.
	3.	To exercise the sense of smell.
	4.	To exercise sagacity.
n.	1.	(Physiol.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
	2.	The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. Breathing the smell of field and grove. - Milton. That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. - Bacon.

Noun	1.	smell - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" Synonyms: odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, odor
	2.	smell - any property detected by the olfactory system Synonyms: aroma, odor, olfactory property, odour, scent
	3.	smell - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" Synonyms: flavor, flavour, feel, spirit, feeling, look, tone
	4.	smell - the faculty of smell Synonyms: olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell
	5.	smell - the act of perceiving the odor of something Synonyms: smelling
Verb	1.	smell - inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
	2.	smell - emit an odor; "The soup smells good"
	3.	smell - smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells"

To smell something in your dream, indicates your past experiences and feelings with that particular smell. Your dream is trying to convey a feeling by associating it with a familiar smell or scent. Alternatively, the scent may be part of your real environment which you have incorporated into your dream.apprehend, be aromatic, be aware of, be conscious of, be redolent of, be sensible of, be warm, bouquet, breath, breathe, breathe in, burn, cast, chromesthesia, color hearing, dash, definite odor, detectable odor, effluvium, emanation, emit a smell, essence, exhalation, exhale, experience, feel, fetor, five senses, flavor, follow, follow a clue, follow up, funk, get wind of, gleam, hear, hearing, hint, hum, hunt down, idea, inhale, intimation, lick, look, mephitis, nose, nose out, offend the nostrils, olfaction, olfactory sense, perceive, phonism, photism, receptor, redolence, reek, respond, respond to stimuli, run down, run to earth, savor, scintilla, see, sense, sense of smell, sense organ, senses, sensillum, sensorium, sensory organ, shade, shadow, sight, sip, sixth sense, smack, smattering, smell bad, smell of, smell out, smell to heaven, smell up, smelling, snaffle, sniff out, snuff, snuffle, soupcon, spark, spice, spoor, sprinkling, stalk, stink out, stink up, strain, subtle odor, suggestion, sup, suspicion, synesthesia, tail, taste, thought, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trace down, track, track down, trail, whiff, yield an odor

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