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outsmell

verb

Etymology

From out- + smell.

  1. inherited from smel
  2. derived from *smel-✻ — “to burn, smoke, smoulder; tar, pitch”
  3. inherited from *smallijan✻ — “to glow, burn, smoulder”
  4. inherited from *smyllan✻
  5. inherited from smellen
  6. prefixed as outsmell — “out + smell”

Definitions

  1. To smell more acutely than.

    • Dogs can outsmell human beings.

  2. To have a stronger smell than

    To have a stronger smell than; to drown out (another smell).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA