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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling;
- Example: "He can smell out trouble"
[syn: sniff out, scent out, smell out, nose out]

2. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively;
- Example: "I sense his hostility"
- Example: "i smell trouble"
- Example: "smell out corruption"
[syn: smell, smell out, sense]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smell out
    v 1: recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell
         out trouble" [syn: sniff out, scent out, smell out,
         nose out]
    2: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I
       sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out
       corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]