1. to smell better or more strongly than something or someone else
Usage: transitive; rare or literary
2. to detect or discover by smell; to smell out
Usage: transitive; archaic or dialectal

Examples

• The bloodhound could outsmell any other dog in the competition.
• The fresh flowers outsmelled the musty odor in the old room.
• Truffle pigs are trained to outsmell competitors when hunting for fungi.
• The detective's keen sense of smell helped him outsmell the criminal's hiding place.