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smelt up

smelt up is the simple past and past participle 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 smelt up

What is smelt up the simple past and past participle of?
Smelt up is the simple past and past participle of smell up.

Words near smelt up in the dictionary

  1. smelt like a tart's handkerchief
  2. smelt of the lamp
  3. smelt of the shop
  4. smelt out
  5. smelt the barn
  6. smelt up
  7. smelt what someone was stepping in
  8. smeltable
  9. smelted
  10. smelter
  11. smelter dust

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