To perceive as if by smell; esp. to detect, discern, or discover by natural shrewdness, sagacity, or instinct; to suspect, to have an inkling of…

To search or find out by, or as by, the sense of smell. Chiefly figurative.

transitive. figurative. To perceive or discover as if by smell; to detect or discern instinctively or from subtle indications; to intuit. Cf. smell…

transitive. To smell (something) out; to discover by smelling. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. figurative. To detect or discover as if by means of a keen sense of smell. Usually with out.

to get (also take, pick up) the scent and variants: to detect or identify the scent trail of a quarry. to have the (also a) scent: to have…

To detect, perceive, or anticipate, by inhaling the odour of. Also frequently figurative.

to smell out.

figurative. To perceive as if by smell; to smell or smell out (a plot, etc.); to suspect. Also with out.

To inhale, to clear, to search out or examine, by snuffing.