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outsmell

outsmell verb: to smell more acutely than.

Verb

outsmell (third-person singular simple present outsmells, present participle outsmelling, simple past and past participle outsmelled or outsmelt)

  1. (transitive) To smell more acutely than.
    • Dogs can outsmell human beings.
  2. (transitive) To have a stronger smell than; to drown out (another smell).

Forms of outsmell

third-person singular presentoutsmells
present participleoutsmelling
past participleoutsmelled
pastoutsmelled
past participleoutsmelt
pastoutsmelt

Origin of outsmell

From out- + smell.

Questions about outsmell

What does outsmell mean?
Outsmell means to smell more acutely than.
What part of speech is outsmell?
Outsmell is a verb.
What is the past tense of outsmell?
The past tense of outsmell is outsmelled.

Words near outsmell in the dictionary

  1. outsmarter
  2. outsmarters
  3. outsmarting
  4. outsmartings
  5. outsmarts
  6. outsmell
  7. outsmelled
  8. outsmelling
  9. outsmells
  10. outsmelt
  11. outsmile

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