Found 3 items, similar to smelt.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: smelt meleburkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: smelt smelt n 1: small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water 2: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters v : extract (metals) by heating smell n 1: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; “she loved the smell of roses” [syn: odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception] 2: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property , aroma, odor, odour, scent] 3: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; “the feel of the city excited him”; “a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting”; “it had the smell of treason” [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look] 4: the faculty of smell [syn: sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality ] 5: the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: smelling] [also: smelt] smell v 1: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 2: emit an odor; “The soup smells good” 3: smell bad; “He rarely washes, and he smells” [also: smelt] smelt See smell
English → English (gcide) Definition: Smelt Smell \Smell\ (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelled, Smelt; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. Smell, n.] 1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes. [1913 Webster] 2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out. “I smell a device.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Can you smell him out by that? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To give heed to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] To smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.] To smell out, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Smelt \Smelt\, imp. & p. p. of Smell. [1913 Webster] Smelt \Smelt\, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste. [1913 Webster] Note: The most important species are the European smelt (Osmerus eperlans) (called also eperlan, sparling, and spirling), the Eastern American smelt (O. mordax), the California smelt (O. thalichthys), and the surf smelt (Hypomesus olidus). The name is loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the silverside. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), the silverside. [1913 Webster] Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelting.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm["a]lta, D. smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG. smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. ?????. Cf. Enamel, Melt, Mute, v. i., Smalt.] (Metal.) To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin. [1913 Webster]