"sniff out" meaning in All languages combined

See sniff out on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: sniffs out [present, singular, third-person], sniffing out [participle, present], sniffed out [participle, past], sniffed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sniff out (third-person singular simple present sniffs out, present participle sniffing out, simple past and past participle sniffed out)
  1. (transitive) To find (something) by using the sense of smell. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Smell Translations (find): 找出 (zhǎochū) (Chinese Mandarin), kiszimatol (Hungarian), trovare (Italian), scovare (Italian), 嗅ぎ付ける (kagitsukeru) (alt: かぎつける) (Japanese), farejar (Portuguese), выню́хивать (vynjúxivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́нюхать (výnjuxatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), разню́хивать (raznjúxivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разню́хать (raznjúxatʹ) [perfective] (Russian) Translations (find something using smell): يَشُمّ (yašumm) (Arabic), يَكْتَشِف (yaktašif) (Arabic), عَثَر عَلَى (ʕaṯar ʕalā) (Arabic), 嗅出 (xiùchū) (Chinese Mandarin), nuuskia (Finnish), kiszimatol (Hungarian), 嗅ぎ付ける (kagitsukeru) (alt: かぎつける) (Japanese), wywęszyć [perfective] (Polish), farejar (Portuguese), выню́хивать (vynjúxivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́нюхать (výnjuxatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sniff_out-en-verb-4KmFXIYi Disambiguation of Smell: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'find': 85 15 Disambiguation of 'find something using smell': 83 17
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To detect (something hidden or invisible). Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-sniff_out-en-verb-ApGBvkBA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scent hound, suss out

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To find (something) by using the sense of smell."
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "yašumm",
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          "word": "يَشُمّ"
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          "roman": "ʕaṯar ʕalā",
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          "word": "عَثَر عَلَى"
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          "sense": "find something using smell",
          "word": "嗅出"
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          "sense": "find something using smell",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "find something using smell",
          "word": "kiszimatol"
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          "alt": "かぎつける",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "kagitsukeru",
          "sense": "find something using smell",
          "word": "嗅ぎ付ける"
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          "sense": "find something using smell",
          "word": "farejar"
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          "roman": "vynjúxivatʹ",
          "sense": "find something using smell",
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          "roman": "zhǎochū",
          "sense": "find",
          "word": "找出"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "find",
          "word": "trovare"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "find",
          "word": "scovare"
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        "To detect (something hidden or invisible)."
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yašumm",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "word": "يَشُمّ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "word": "يَكْتَشِف"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʕaṯar ʕalā",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "word": "عَثَر عَلَى"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiùchū",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "word": "嗅出"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "word": "nuuskia"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "word": "kiszimatol"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かぎつける",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kagitsukeru",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "word": "嗅ぎ付ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wywęszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "word": "farejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vynjúxivatʹ",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выню́хивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výnjuxatʹ",
      "sense": "find something using smell",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́нюхать"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǎochū",
      "sense": "find",
      "word": "找出"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "find",
      "word": "kiszimatol"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "find",
      "word": "trovare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "find",
      "word": "scovare"
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      "alt": "かぎつける",
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      "word": "嗅ぎ付ける"
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      "roman": "vynjúxivatʹ",
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      "roman": "výnjuxatʹ",
      "sense": "find",
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      "word": "вы́нюхать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "raznjúxivatʹ",
      "sense": "find",
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      "word": "разню́хивать"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "find",
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      "word": "разню́хать"
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  "word": "sniff out"
}

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