1. (v. t.) To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.

2. (v. t.) To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.

3. (v. t.) To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.

4. (n.) The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.

5301. naphach -- to breathe, blow
... to breathe, blow NASB Word Usage blow (3), blows (1), boiling (2), breathe (1),
breathed (1), breathing is labored* (1), disdainfully sniff (1), lose (1 ...
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"We must Increase, but I must Decrease. "
... It is said that cattle, sick and harried with the voyage across the Atlantic, will
show signs of revival as they sniff the first land breezes laden with the ...
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The Terror by Night
... listened. Nearer and nearer came the rustling of the bushes, and every little
while he could hear an animal sniff the air. Finally ...
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Christ's Authority to Forgive
... Nobody came crowding to them, nor hung on their lips. Professional jealousy has
often a great deal to do in helping zeal for truth to sniff out heresy. ...
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Drawing Nearer to the Storm
... Why he is introduced here, as if a stranger, we cannot tell, and it is useless to
guess, and absurd to sniff suspicion of genuineness in the peculiarity. ...
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In Him: Like Him
... Why, it becomes to them a thing of contempt. They sniff at it. It is so much dung
and sweepings of the street to them, and so it ought to be. ...
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The Destroyer Destroyed
... cannot endure. You may tell the devil, "Oh! but I prayed so many times."
He will sniff at your prayers. You may tell him, "Ah! but ...
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The Fainting Warrior
... to escape? Am I always to have this dead man chained to my back, and sniff
the pestiferous exhalations of his putrid body? No, no ...
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The Political Constitution of Egypt
... He is approached, moreover, as a god is approached, with downcast eyes, and head
or back bent; they "sniff the earth" before him, they veil their faces with ...
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Sniff (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of
the country. ... Multi-Version Concordance Sniff (1 Occurrence). ...
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Snuff (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff. ... 7.
(n.) The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff. ...
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Nose (23 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as,
to nose a prayer. 7. (vi) To smell; to sniff; to scent. ...
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Sniffed (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Sniff. Multi-Version Concordance
Sniffed (1 Occurrence). Malachi 1:13 You say also,'Behold ...
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Sneezings (1 Occurrence)

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Sniffing (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sniff. 2. (n.) A rapid respiratory act, in which the
mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose. ...
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