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1 smell
1. [smel] noun1) (the sense or power of being aware of things through one's nose: My sister never had a good sense of smell.) voh2) (the quality that is noticed by using this power: a pleasant smell; There's a strong smell of gas.) vonj3) (an act of using this power: Have a smell of this!) duhanje2. [smelt] verb1) (to notice by using one's nose: I smell gas; I thought I smelt (something) burning.) zavohati2) (to give off a smell: The roses smelt beautiful; Her hands smelt of fish.) imeti duh3) (to examine by using the sense of smell: Let me smell those flowers.) poduhati•- - smelling- smelly
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- smell out* * *I [smel]nounduh, vonj; voh; colloquially (po)duhanje; slab, neprijeten vonj, smrad; figuratively sled, nadih (of česa)sense of smell — vonj, vohII [smel]transitive verb & intransitive verb(za)duhati, poduhati (at kaj), zavohati; vonjati, imeti duh, dišati (of po); figuratively smrdeti; (o psu) zaslediti (divjačino); figuratively dati slutiti; figuratively natančneje (p)ogledatito smell one's oats figuratively zaduhati hlev, pripraviti se za končni spurt (o konju)to smell of a shop figuratively biti prevcč strokovento smell a rat figuratively zavohati nekaj sumljivega, zaslutiti nevarnosthis writings smell of the lamp — njegova dela so bolj rezultat marljivosti kot navdiha (inspiracije)to smell about figuratively zavohati, odkriti -
2 scent
[sent] 1. verb1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) zavohati2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) zavohati3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) odišaviti2. noun1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) vonj2) (a trail consisting of the smell which has been left and may be followed: The dogs picked up the man's scent and then lost it again.) vonj3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) dišava•- scented- put/throw someone off the scent
- put/throw off the scent* * *I [sent]nounduh, vonj, parfum, dišava; zadah; hunting voh, vohanje, figuratively nos, sledfalse scent — napačna sled (tudi figuratively)to follow up the scent — iti za sledjo, iti po slediII [sent]transitive verb(za)vohati (tudi figuratively), zaduhati; priti na sled; prepojiti z dišavo (vonjem), nadišavitito scent a job — zaslediti, najti službothe rose scents the air — vrtnica širi prijeten vonj v zraku; intransitive verb dišati, imeti vonj (duh); hunting iti za sledjo
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