Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smelt
2 senses of smelt
Sense 1
smelt -- (small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water)
=> fish -- (the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish")
Sense 2
smelt -- (small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters)
=> soft-finned fish, malacopterygian -- (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb smelt
1 sense of smelt
Sense 1
smelt -- (extract (metals) by heating)
=> produce, make, create -- (create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb smell
5 senses of smell
Sense 1
smell -- (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)
=> perceive, comprehend -- (to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon")
Sense 2
smell -- (emit an odor; "The soup smells good")
=> cause to be perceived -- (have perceptible qualities)
Phrasal Verb-> smell up#1
Sense 3
smell -- (smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells")
=> smell -- (emit an odor; "The soup smells good")
Sense 4
smack, reek, smell -- (have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism")
=> suggest, evoke, paint a picture -- (call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness")
Sense 5
smell, smell out, sense -- (become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption")
=> perceive -- (become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest")