
smell a rat Slang.
[Middle English smellen.]
SYNONYMS smell, aroma, odor, scent. These nouns denote a quality that can be perceived by the olfactory sense: the smell of gas; the aroma of frying onions; hospital odors; the scent of pine needles.
verb
noun
Idioms beginning with smell:
smell a rat
smell fishy
smell up
See also come up (smelling like) roses; stink (smell) to high heaven.
Smells appearing in the séance room have often been ascribed to a paranormal origin. Materializations in sittings with the medium Franek Kluski were associated with strong animal odors. Psychic perfumes were reported at séances of Carlos Mirabelli and Daniel Dunglas Home.
— F. Nowell Jones
I like the smell of dinner being cooked.
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Quotes:
"A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless."
- W. H. Auden
"The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike."
- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
"The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril."
- William Shakespeare
Experiences from the past play a part in distinguishing what a smell in a dream means to the dreamer. Sometimes we remember people by the odors we identify them with, like grandpa's pipe tobacco. In this example, the significance of the dream would depend on what grandpa meant to the dreamer.
1. an odor.
2. the sense that enables an animal to perceive odors. The sense of smell depends on the stimulation of sense organs in the nose by small particles carried in inhaled air. It is important not only for the detection of odors, but also for the enjoyment of food. Flavor is a blend of taste and smell. Taste registers only four qualities: salt, sour, bitter and sweet; other qualities of flavor depend on smell. The organs of smell are small patches of special (olfactory) cells in the nasal mucosa. One patch is located in each of the two main compartments of the back of the nose. The olfactory cells are connected to the brain by the first cranial (olfactory) nerve.
The special sense that enables odors to be perceived through the stimulation of the olfactory nerves.

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Anosmic Study:
The brain relies on more than one receptor to identify a specific odor. In the study conducted by David Stevens and Robert O'Connell, it was found that anosmic (unable to smell specific odors)individuals are able to detect the smell of the odorant at a very high concentration. However, the scent of the odor they detect is very different from the normal people. For instance, the subjects anosmic to pemenone( unpleasant smell of sweat or urine) were able to detect the scent at its higher concentration but they reported its scent as floral or a vegetable smell rather than sweat.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lugt, lugtesans
v. tr. - lugte, lugte til, vejre, ane, mærke, snuse
v. intr. - lugte, lugte af, dufte, stinke
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Nederlands (Dutch)
ruiken, geuren, stinken, besnuffelen, geur, reuk, boeket, lucht
Français (French)
n. - (gén) odeur, odorat, (fig) relents
v. tr. - (lit, fig) sentir
v. intr. - (gén) sentir, sentir (mauvais), (fig) sentir, avoir le sens de l'odorat
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Geruch, Duft, Gestank
v. - riechen
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οσμή, μυρωδιά, δυσοσμία, (φυσιολ.) όσφρηση
v. - μυρίζω, οσμίζομαι, οσφραίνομαι, αναδίδω οσμή, βρομάω, ζέχνω
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Italiano (Italian)
puzzare, profumare, fiutare, odore, olfatto
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - aroma (m), perfume (m), cheiro (m), odor (m), mau cheiro (m)
v. - cheirar, farejar, descobrir
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Русский (Russian)
обоняние, запах, зловоние, признак, атмосфера, дух, чуточка, нюханье, обонять, чуять, нюхать, пахнуть, вонять
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Español (Spanish)
n. - olor, aroma, fragancia, perfume, olfato
v. tr. - apestar, heder, oler, olfatear
v. intr. - oler
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lukt, luktsinne
v. - lukta, känna lukten av, sprida lukt, stinka, dofta, misstänka, ana
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
味道, 嗅觉, 气味, 嗅, 闻, 发出...的气味, 闻出, 察觉出, 嗅到, 发臭, 散发气味
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 味道, 嗅覺, 氣味
v. tr. - 嗅, 聞, 發出...的氣味, 聞出, 察覺出, 嗅到
v. intr. - 嗅, 發臭, 散發氣味
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 냄새, 낌새
v. tr. - 냄새로 알다, 냄새를 맡아보다, 낌새 채다
v. intr. - 냄새를 맡을 수 있다, ~의 기미가 있다, 악취를 풍기다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 臭い, 香り, 嗅覚, かぐこと
v. - においがする, 臭いをかぐ, 嗅覚がある, 悪臭を出す, 臭い, 感づく, 気味がある
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حاسه ألشم, رائحه (فعل) يشم, يكتشف
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ריח, חוש-הריח, רחרוח, צחנה
v. tr. - הדיף ריח, הצחין
v. intr. - הריח, רחרח, חש ב-
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