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węszyć — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • nose noun The part of the face that contains the nostrils and is used for breathing and smelling.
  • sniff verb To inhale audibly through the nose, often to smell something.
  • snoop verb To secretly investigate or pry into someone else's private matters.

Senses

węszyć is used for these senses in English:

  • nose (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
  • sniff (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
  • snoop To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
  • snoop around To snoop.

nose — full definition

  1. noun The part of the face that contains the nostrils and is used for breathing and smelling.
  2. noun The projecting front or tip of an object, such as an aircraft or vehicle.
  3. noun A person's sense of smell, or the ability to detect or judge something, especially wine or a story worth investigating.
  4. verb To move slowly and carefully forward, front end first.
  5. verb To pry or snoop into something, often as "nose around" or "nose into."

sniff — full definition

  1. verb To inhale audibly through the nose, often to smell something.
  2. verb To treat something with scorn or suspicion — used with "at."
  3. noun An act of sniffing, or a small hint of something.

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