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smell up

smell up verb: to fill up with an unpleasant odour.

Verb

smell up (third-person singular simple present smells up, present participle smelling up, simple past and past participle smelled up or smelt up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To fill up with an unpleasant odour.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To have an unpleasant odour.

Forms of smell up

third-person singular presentsmells up
present participlesmelling up
past participlesmelled up
pastsmelled up
past participlesmelt up
pastsmelt up

Questions about smell up

What does smell up mean?
Smell up means to fill up with an unpleasant odour.
What part of speech is smell up?
Smell up is a verb.
What is the past tense of smell up?
The past tense of smell up is smelled up.

Words near smell up in the dictionary

  1. smell the barn
  2. smell the coffee
  3. smell the roses
  4. smell trap
  5. smell traps
  6. smell up
  7. smell what someone is stepping in
  8. smell ya later
  9. smell you later
  10. smell-alike
  11. smell-alikes

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