sniff-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: inhale audibly through the nose, esp. for perceiving smells

Examples:
The security dog sniffed his bag.
She sniffed the basil in her hand as she strolled through the garden.
That cold made him sniff all through class.

Mappings:
VerbNet: sight-30.2,peer-30.3
FrameNet: Perception_active
PropBank: sniff.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: take in drugs through the nose

Examples:
Those boys like to sniff glue behind the school.
I quit sniffing cocaine years ago.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Ingest_substance
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 3: express disdain verbally or nonverbally, (as if) with a sniff

Examples:
"Absurd!" Miss Millbottom sniffed.
When Henry finished his recommendations, Amanda sniffed contemptuously.

Mappings:
VerbNet: nonverbal_expression-40.2,transfer_mesg-37.1.1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: sniff.02

Sense Number 4: seek or detect

Examples:
The police were sniffing for evidence in his house.
He can always sniff out trouble.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Seeking
PropBank: sniff.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sniff_out 1