- smell out
- [ʹsmelʹaʋt] phr v
1. выслеживать, вынюхивать2. разнюхать, раскрыть
to smell out enemy spies - обнаружить /разоблачить/ шпионов противника
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
smell out
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smell out — verb 1. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling He can smell out trouble • Syn: ↑sniff out, ↑scent out, ↑nose out • Entailment: ↑smell • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
smell\ out — • ferret out literary • sniff out • smell out v To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find. Jane smelled out the boys secret hiding place in the woods. John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library … Словарь американских идиом
smell out — See: FERRET OUT … Dictionary of American idioms
smell out — See: FERRET OUT … Dictionary of American idioms
smell out — Discover, find out … New dictionary of synonyms
To smell out — Smell Smell (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm[ o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smell out — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. find, detect, identify; see discover … English dictionary for students
smell out — discover; fill with stench … English contemporary dictionary
Smell — (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm[ o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smell — [smel] vt. smelled or [Chiefly Brit.] Brit. smelt, smelling [ME smellen < OE * smyllan < IE base * smel , to burn slowly > SMOLDER: basic sense “to give off smoke”] 1. to be or become aware of by means of the nose and the olfactory… … English World dictionary
smell — smell1 W3S2 [smel] n 1.) the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nose smell of ▪ The air was filled with the smell of flowers. sweet/delicious smell ▪ There s a delicious smell coming from the kitchen. unpleasant/bad/acrid… … Dictionary of contemporary English
