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| Voornaamste vertalingen | 
| smelt [sth]⇒ vtr | (metals: fuse, melt) (erts) | uitsmelten overg. ww | 
|  |  | uit erts uitsmelten overg. uitdr. | 
|  | Randall is a metal worker who smelts metals. | 
| smelt n | (coldwater fish) (vissoort) | spiering nw de | 
|  | Smelt is not a very popular fish to eat. | 
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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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| 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 smell |
 smelt | 
| 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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