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| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| smell⇒ vi | (emit an odour) | ruiken, geuren onoverg.ww |
| | It smells in their house, but I can't say what the smell is exactly. |
| smell vi | (emit a foul odour) | stinken onoverg.ww |
| | Whew! It smells in the bathroom; you should open a window. |
| smell vi | (sense, ability to smell) | ruiken onoverg.ww |
| | I can't smell with this cold that I have. |
| smell [sth]/[sth]⇒ vtr | (detect by smell) | ruiken overg. ww |
| | She smelled garlic and knew that her friend was cooking. |
| smell n | (odour, fragrance) | geur nw de |
| | The smell of the cooking filled the house. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| smell n | (foul smell) | stank nw de |
| | The smell was obvious when we opened the refrigerator. |
| smell n | (sense: ability to detect scents) | reukvermogen nw het |
| | | reuk, reukzin nw de |
| | I have a bad cold, and have lost my taste and smell. |
| smell⇒ vi | figurative (resemble in general) (figuurlijk) | ruiken naar ww + vz |
| | This situation smells like a trap. |
| smell vtr | figurative (detect in general) (figuurlijk) | ruiken overg.ww |
| | He smelled trouble when the others started arguing, so he left the bar. |
| smell vtr | (sniff) | ruiken overg.ww |
| | | snuffelen onoverg.ww |
| | He smelled around the room, trying to locate the source of the odour. |
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Overeenkomende vermeldingen van de andere kant van het woordenboek
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| ruiken onoverg.ww | (een geur afgeven) | smell vi |
| | (negative) | reek, stink vi |
| geuren overg.ww | formeel (geur verspreiden) | smell vtr |
| | | stink vi |
| | | smell vi |
| lucht nw de | (reuk) | smell, scent n |
| | | odour n |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| geur nw de | (wat je ruikt) | smell n |
| | | scent n |
| | | aroma n |
| | | stink n |
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Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel
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| smell of [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (have the scent of) | ruiken naar ww + vz |
| | The perfume, which my friend uses, smells of roses. |
| smell of [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (be suggestive of) (figuurlijk) | ruiken naar, rieken naar ww + vz |
| | Your story about what happened to the cookies smells of deception to me! |
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