sniff
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
Types & categories
- smelling hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
perceive by inhaling through the nose
sniff the perfume
Types & categories
- smell hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
inhale audibly through the nose
the sick student was sniffling in the back row
Types & categories
- breathe in hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snuff |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | whiff |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snuffle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | smelling |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | smell out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sniff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sniffer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | smell |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snuffle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sniffer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | breathe in |