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smelling up

smelling up is the present participle and gerund of smell up.

Meaning of smell up

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.

Questions about smelling up

What is smelling up the present participle and gerund of?
Smelling up is the present participle and gerund of smell up.

Words near smelling up in the dictionary

  1. smelling out
  2. smelling salt
  3. smelling salts
  4. smelling the barn
  5. smelling the coffee
  6. smelling up
  7. smelling what someone is stepping in
  8. smellings
  9. smellproof
  10. smells
  11. smells a rat

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