oleō — meaning in English

English meaning

• betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
• smell noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.

Senses

oleō is used for these senses in English:

• betray (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
• smell (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

betray — full definition

1. verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
2. verb To reveal something unintentionally.

smell — full definition

1. noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.
2. noun The sense that detects odors.
3. verb To perceive an odor, or to give off one.
4. verb To sense that something is wrong or suspicious.

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