Meaning of ost | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to smell (to perceive an odor)
   intransitive, transitive
2. to smell, to sniff (to inhale air through the nose, usually several times, in order to try to perceive a smell)
   intransitive, transitive
3. to smell (to sense, to find out)
   colloquial, figuratively, intransitive, transitive
4. to smell, to stink (to have, to spread a bad, unpleasant smell)
   intransitive, transitive
5. to smell (to have, to spread a pleasant odor)
   intransitive, transitive
6. to smell (to suggest, make think of something, usually unpleasant)
   colloquial, figuratively, intransitive, transitive

Examples

“ost cepeti”

to smell roast(ed meat)

“ost vīnu”

to smell the wine

“ost spirta smaku”

to smell the odor of alcohol

“strādājot virtuvē, visu laiku redzot, ožot ēdienu, it kā ēstgribas vairs nav”

working in a kitchen, seeing and smelling food all the time, it is as if one no longer had (= could feel) the desire to eat

“ost ēteri”

to smell ether

“ožamais spirts”

smelling salts, hartshorn (lit. smellable alcohol)

“divi cilvēki, piebāzuši pirkstu galus pie deguna, steidzīgi oda kaut ko baltu kā lauku vecenes šņaucamo tabaku”

two people, bringing the tips of their fingers to their noses, quickly smelled something white, like old women snuffing tobacco in the countryside

“saimnieks jau dabūjis ost, ka tu citu vietu meklējoties”

the landowner has already managed to smell that you are looking for another place

“te ož pēc benzīna”

it smells like gasoline here

“ost pēc ķiplokiem, siļķēm, alus”

to smell like garlic, herring, beer

“ost pēc odekolona”

to smell like eau-de-cologne

“puķe jauki ož”

the flower smells nice

“nokāpj gravā; ož pēc valgmes un pērnajām lapām”

he goes down the ravine; (there) it smells like dampness and last year's leaves

“tas jau oda pēc fašisma”

that smelled like fascism

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