SMELL OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smell out mean? 

• SMELL OUT (verb)
  The verb SMELL OUT has 2 senses:

1. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling

2. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

  Familiarity information: SMELL OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMELL OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recognize or detect by or as if by smelling

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

nose out; scent out; smell out; sniff out

Context example:

He can smell out trouble

"Smell out" entails doing...:

smell (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

sense; smell; smell out

Context example:

smell out corruption

Hypernyms (to "smell out" is one way to...):

perceive (become conscious of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE