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Smell Past Smelt I Verb Kokmak Intransitive  /Smel  

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Kind verb
Front smell 
IPA  /smel   / verb (past tense, past participle smelt /smelt   /; or smelled /smeld  /)
Back kokmak
koklamak 
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smell (verb)

 /smel   / verb (past tense, past participle smelt /smelt   /; or smelled /smeld  /)
 
 1 [intransitive]
 smell (of sth)
to have a particular smell
kokmak
 Dinner smells good!
 This perfume smells of roses.
 His breath smelt of whisky.
 2 [transitive]
to notice or recognize sb/sth by using your nose
… kokusu almak, burnuna … kokusu gelmek
 He could smell something burning.
 Can you smell gas?
 I could still smell her perfume in the room.
Smell ya da (taste, see, hear gibi) duyu organlarıyla ilgili diğer fiilleri şimdiki zamanda değil, çoğunlukla can ile birlikte kullanırız:
 I can smell smoke.
 3 [transitive]
to put your nose near sth and breathe in so that you can discover or identify its smell
koklamak
 I smelt the milk to see if it had gone off.
 4 [intransitive]
to have a bad smell
pis kokmak
 Your feet smell.
 5 [intransitive]
to be able to smell
koku almak
 I can't smell properly because I've got a cold.
 Can birds smell?
 

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