Smell I Smelled Smelt Smel Cold Bad Verb

• the room smelt damp.
• dinner smells good.
• ‘you smell nice,’ aidan said with a smile.
• a bunch of sweet-smelling flowers

smell

Verb Forms

1. to have a particular smell
• The room smelt damp.
• Dinner smells good.
• ‘You smell nice,’ Aidan said with a smile.
• a bunch of sweet-smelling flowers
• His breath smelt of garlic.
• When he did come home, he smelled of alcohol.
• The house smelt of cedar wood and fresh polish.
• What does the perfume smell like?
• Hydrogen sulphide smells like rotten eggs.
• The crisp air smells like clean hay.

Extra Examples

• He smelled faintly of sweat.
• His clothes smelled strongly of fish.
• The kitchen smelled sweetly of herbs and fruit.
• It smells like rotten meat!
2. to notice or recognize a particular smell
• I was watching television when I smelled smoke.
• He said he could smell gas when he entered the room.
• The dog had smelt a rabbit.
• I could smell alcohol on his breath.
• Snow fell so that you could almost smell the cold.
• Can you smell something burning?
• As she came downstairs, she smelled bacon cooking.
• I could smell that something was burning.
3. to be able to notice and recognize smells
• I can't smell because I've got a bad cold.
• I can't smell anything because I've got a bad cold.
4. to put your nose near something and breathe in so that you can discover or identify its smell
• SYNONYM sniff
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sniff_2
• Smell this and tell me what you think it is.
• I bent down to smell the flowers.
• He leaned in closer and smelled the perfume she was wearing.
5. to have an unpleasant smell
• The drains smell.
• Does my breath smell?
• He hadn't washed for days and was beginning to smell.
• After a few days, the meat began to smell.
• It smells in here.
• It smells awful in here.
6. to feel that something exists or is going to happen
• He smelt danger.
• I can smell trouble.
7. to still have a good reputation, even though you have been involved in something that might have given people a bad opinion of you
• Nobody ever knew the details and he came out of the deal smelling of roses.
8. what is important is what people or things are, not what they are called
9. to suspect that something is wrong about a situation
10. used to tell somebody to become aware of what is really happening in a situation, especially when this is something unpleasant

Word Origin

• Middle English: of unknown origin.