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Meaning smell meaning
What does smell mean?
Definitions in simple English
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Synonyms smell synonyms
What other words have the same or similar meaning as smell?
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Topics smell topics
What do people use smell to talk about?
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What words refer to smelling something?
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What words refer to deliberately trying to smell something?
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What words refer to the ability to smell?
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What words refer to the smell of something?
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What words indicate that something smells like another thing or smells a particular way?
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What words refer to smelling good?
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What words refer to smelling bad?
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What words refer to a bad smell?
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What words refer to something beginning to smell?
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What words refer to something not smelling any longer?
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What words refer to getting rid of a smell?
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What does the nose do?
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What words describe the smell of sweat?
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What are the parts of fish?
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What words refer to thinking that someone did something bad?
Conjugation smell conjugation
How do you conjugate smell?
smell · verb
Present I smell
Positive I smell
Singular
1st person I smell
2nd person you smell
3rd person he/she/it smells
Plural
1st person we smell
2nd person you smell
3rd person they smell
Negative I don't smell
Singular
1st person I don't smell I do not smell
2nd person you don't smell you do not smell
3rd person he/she/it doesn't smell he/she/it does not smell
Plural
1st person we don't smell we do not smell
2nd person you don't smell you do not smell
3rd person they don't smell they do not smell
Question do I smell?
Singular
1st person do I smell?
2nd person do you smell?
3rd person does he/she/it smell?
Plural
1st person do we smell?
2nd person do you smell?
3rd person do they smell?
Negative question don't I smell?
Singular
1st person don't I smell? do I not smell?
2nd person don't you smell? do you not smell?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it smell? does he/she/it not smell?
Plural
1st person don't we smell? do we not smell?
2nd person don't you smell? do you not smell?
3rd person don't they smell? do they not smell?
Past I smelled
Positive I smelled
Singular
1st person I smelled I smelt
2nd person you smelled you smelt
3rd person he/she/it smelled he/she/it smelt
Plural
1st person we smelled we smelt
2nd person you smelled you smelt
3rd person they smelled they smelt
Negative I didn't smell
Singular
1st person I didn't smell I did not smell
2nd person you didn't smell you did not smell
3rd person he/she/it didn't smell he/she/it did not smell
Plural
1st person we didn't smell we did not smell
2nd person you didn't smell you did not smell
3rd person they didn't smell they did not smell
Question did I smell?
Singular
1st person did I smell?
2nd person did you smell?
3rd person did he/she/it smell?
Plural
1st person did we smell?
2nd person did you smell?
3rd person did they smell?
Negative question didn't I smell?
Singular
1st person didn't I smell? did I not smell?
2nd person didn't you smell? did you not smell?
3rd person didn't he/she/it smell? did he/she/it not smell?
Plural
1st person didn't we smell? did we not smell?
2nd person didn't you smell? did you not smell?
3rd person didn't they smell? did they not smell?
Future I'll smell
Positive I'll smell
Singular
1st person I'll smell I will smell
2nd person you'll smell you will smell
3rd person he/she/it'll smell he/she/it will smell
Plural
1st person we'll smell we will smell
2nd person you'll smell you will smell
3rd person they'll smell they will smell
Negative I won't smell
Singular
1st person I won't smell I will not smell
2nd person you won't smell you will not smell
3rd person he/she/it won't smell he/she/it will not smell
Plural
1st person we won't smell we will not smell
2nd person you won't smell you will not smell
3rd person they won't smell they will not smell
Question will I smell?
Singular
1st person will I smell?
2nd person will you smell?
3rd person will he/she/it smell?
Plural
1st person will we smell?
2nd person will you smell?
3rd person will they smell?
Negative question won't I smell?
Singular
1st person won't I smell? will I not smell?
2nd person won't you smell? will you not smell?
3rd person won't he/she/it smell? will he/she/it not smell?
Plural
1st person won't we smell? will we not smell?
2nd person won't you smell? will you not smell?
3rd person won't they smell? will they not smell?
Conditional I'd smell
Positive I'd smell
Singular
1st person I'd smell I would smell
2nd person you'd smell you would smell
3rd person he/she/it'd smell he/she/it would smell
Plural
1st person we'd smell we would smell
2nd person you'd smell you would smell
3rd person they'd smell they would smell
Negative I wouldn't smell
Singular
1st person I wouldn't smell I would not smell
2nd person you wouldn't smell you would not smell
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't smell he/she/it would not smell
Plural
1st person we wouldn't smell we would not smell
2nd person you wouldn't smell you would not smell
3rd person they wouldn't smell they would not smell
Question would I smell?
Singular
1st person would I smell?
2nd person would you smell?
3rd person would he/she/it smell?
Plural
1st person would we smell?
2nd person would you smell?
3rd person would they smell?
Negative question wouldn't I smell?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I smell? would I not smell?
2nd person wouldn't you smell? would you not smell?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it smell? would he/she/it not smell?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we smell? would we not smell?
2nd person wouldn't you smell? would you not smell?
3rd person wouldn't they smell? would they not smell?
Present continuous I'm smelling
Positive I'm smelling
Singular
1st person I'm smelling I am smelling
2nd person you're smelling you are smelling
3rd person he/she/it's smelling he/she/it is smelling
Plural
1st person we're smelling we are smelling
2nd person you're smelling you are smelling
3rd person they're smelling they are smelling
Negative I'm not smelling
Singular
1st person I'm not smelling I am not smelling
2nd person you aren't smelling you're not smelling you are not smelling
3rd person he/she/it isn't smelling he/she/it's not smelling he/she/it is not smelling
Plural
1st person we aren't smelling we're not smelling we are not smelling
2nd person you aren't smelling you're not smelling you are not smelling
3rd person they aren't smelling they're not smelling they are not smelling
Question am I smelling?
Singular
1st person am I smelling?
2nd person are you smelling?
3rd person is he/she/it smelling?
Plural
1st person are we smelling?
2nd person are you smelling?
3rd person are they smelling?
Negative question aren't I smelling?
Singular
1st person aren't I smelling? am I not smelling?
2nd person aren't you smelling? are you not smelling?
3rd person isn't he/she/it smelling? is he/she/it not smelling?
Plural
1st person aren't we smelling? are we not smelling?
2nd person aren't you smelling? are you not smelling?
3rd person aren't they smelling? are they not smelling?
Past continuous I was smelling
Positive I was smelling
Singular
1st person I was smelling
2nd person you were smelling
3rd person he/she/it was smelling
Plural
1st person we were smelling
2nd person you were smelling
3rd person they were smelling
Negative I wasn't smelling
Singular
1st person I wasn't smelling I was not smelling
2nd person you weren't smelling you were not smelling
3rd person he/she/it wasn't smelling he/she/it was not smelling
Plural
1st person we weren't smelling we were not smelling
2nd person you weren't smelling you were not smelling
3rd person they weren't smelling they were not smelling
Question was I smelling?
Singular
1st person was I smelling?
2nd person were you smelling?
3rd person was he/she/it smelling?
Plural
1st person were we smelling?
2nd person were you smelling?
3rd person were they smelling?
Negative question wasn't I smelling?
Singular
1st person wasn't I smelling? was I not smelling?
2nd person weren't you smelling? were you not smelling?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it smelling? was he/she/it not smelling?
Plural
1st person weren't we smelling? were we not smelling?
2nd person weren't you smelling? were you not smelling?
3rd person weren't they smelling? were they not smelling?
Future continuous I'll be smelling
Positive I'll be smelling
Singular
1st person I'll be smelling I will be smelling
2nd person you'll be smelling you will be smelling
3rd person he/she/it'll be smelling he/she/it will be smelling
Plural
1st person we'll be smelling we will be smelling
2nd person you'll be smelling you will be smelling
3rd person they'll be smelling they will be smelling
Negative I won't be smelling
Singular
1st person I won't be smelling I will not be smelling
2nd person you won't be smelling you will not be smelling
3rd person he/she/it won't be smelling he/she/it will not be smelling
Plural
1st person we won't be smelling we will not be smelling
2nd person you won't be smelling you will not be smelling
3rd person they won't be smelling they will not be smelling
Question will I be smelling?
Singular
1st person will I be smelling?
2nd person will you be smelling?
3rd person will he/she/it be smelling?
Plural
1st person will we be smelling?
2nd person will you be smelling?
3rd person will they be smelling?
Negative question won't I be smelling?
Singular
1st person won't I be smelling? will I not be smelling?
2nd person won't you be smelling? will you not be smelling?
3rd person won't he/she/it be smelling? will he/she/it not be smelling?
Plural
1st person won't we be smelling? will we not be smelling?
2nd person won't you be smelling? will you not be smelling?
3rd person won't they be smelling? will they not be smelling?
Conditional continuous I'd be smelling
Positive I'd be smelling
Singular
1st person I'd be smelling I would be smelling
2nd person you'd be smelling you would be smelling
3rd person he/she/it'd be smelling he/she/it would be smelling
Plural
1st person we'd be smelling we would be smelling
2nd person you'd be smelling you would be smelling
3rd person they'd be smelling they would be smelling
Negative I wouldn't be smelling
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be smelling I would not be smelling
2nd person you wouldn't be smelling you would not be smelling
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be smelling he/she/it would not be smelling
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be smelling we would not be smelling
2nd person you wouldn't be smelling you would not be smelling
3rd person they wouldn't be smelling they would not be smelling
Question would I be smelling?
Singular
1st person would I be smelling?
2nd person would you be smelling?
3rd person would he/she/it be smelling?
Plural
1st person would we be smelling?
2nd person would you be smelling?
3rd person would they be smelling?
Negative question wouldn't I be smelling?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be smelling? would I not be smelling?
2nd person wouldn't you be smelling? would you not be smelling?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be smelling? would he/she/it not be smelling?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be smelling? would we not be smelling?
2nd person wouldn't you be smelling? would you not be smelling?
3rd person wouldn't they be smelling? would they not be smelling?
Present perfect I've smelled
Positive I've smelled
Singular
1st person I've smelled I've smelt I have smelled I have smelt
2nd person you've smelled you've smelt you have smelled you have smelt
3rd person he/she/it's smelled he/she/it's smelt he/she/it has smelled he/she/it has smelt
Plural
1st person we've smelled we've smelt we have smelled we have smelt
2nd person you've smelled you've smelt you have smelled you have smelt
3rd person they've smelled they've smelt they have smelled they have smelt
Negative I haven't smelled
Singular
1st person I haven't smelled I haven't smelt I have not smelled I have not smelt
2nd person you haven't smelled you haven't smelt you have not smelled you have not smelt
3rd person he/she/it hasn't smelled he/she/it hasn't smelt he/she/it has not smelled he/she/it has not smelt
Plural
1st person we haven't smelled we haven't smelt we have not smelled we have not smelt
2nd person you haven't smelled you haven't smelt you have not smelled you have not smelt
3rd person they haven't smelled they haven't smelt they have not smelled they have not smelt
Question have I smelled?
Singular
1st person have I smelled? have I smelt?
2nd person have you smelled? have you smelt?
3rd person has he/she/it smelled? has he/she/it smelt?
Plural
1st person have we smelled? have we smelt?
2nd person have you smelled? have you smelt?
3rd person have they smelled? have they smelt?
Negative question haven't I smelled?
Singular
1st person haven't I smelled? haven't I smelt? have I not smelled? have I not smelt?
2nd person haven't you smelled? haven't you smelt? have you not smelled? have you not smelt?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it smelled? hasn't he/she/it smelt? has he/she/it not smelled? has he/she/it not smelt?
Plural
1st person haven't we smelled? haven't we smelt? have we not smelled? have we not smelt?
2nd person haven't you smelled? haven't you smelt? have you not smelled? have you not smelt?
3rd person haven't they smelled? haven't they smelt? have they not smelled? have they not smelt?
Past perfect I had smelled
Positive I had smelled
Singular
1st person I had smelled I had smelt
2nd person you had smelled you had smelt
3rd person he/she/it had smelled he/she/it had smelt
Plural
1st person we had smelled we had smelt
2nd person you had smelled you had smelt
3rd person they had smelled they had smelt
Negative I hadn't smelled
Singular
1st person I hadn't smelled I hadn't smelt I had not smelled I had not smelt
2nd person you hadn't smelled you hadn't smelt you had not smelled you had not smelt
3rd person he/she/it hadn't smelled he/she/it hadn't smelt he/she/it had not smelled he/she/it had not smelt
Plural
1st person we hadn't smelled we hadn't smelt we had not smelled we had not smelt
2nd person you hadn't smelled you hadn't smelt you had not smelled you had not smelt
3rd person they hadn't smelled they hadn't smelt they had not smelled they had not smelt
Question had I smelled?
Singular
1st person had I smelled? had I smelt?
2nd person had you smelled? had you smelt?
3rd person had he/she/it smelled? had he/she/it smelt?
Plural
1st person had we smelled? had we smelt?
2nd person had you smelled? had you smelt?
3rd person had they smelled? had they smelt?
Negative question hadn't I smelled?
Singular
1st person hadn't I smelled? hadn't I smelt? had I not smelled? had I not smelt?
2nd person hadn't you smelled? hadn't you smelt? had you not smelled? had you not smelt?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it smelled? hadn't he/she/it smelt? had he/she/it not smelled? had he/she/it not smelt?
Plural
1st person hadn't we smelled? hadn't we smelt? had we not smelled? had we not smelt?
2nd person hadn't you smelled? hadn't you smelt? had you not smelled? had you not smelt?
3rd person hadn't they smelled? hadn't they smelt? had they not smelled? had they not smelt?
Future perfect I'll have smelled
Positive I'll have smelled
Singular
1st person I'll have smelled I'll have smelt I will have smelled I will have smelt
2nd person you'll have smelled you'll have smelt you will have smelled you will have smelt
3rd person he/she/it'll have smelled he/she/it'll have smelt he/she/it will have smelled he/she/it will have smelt
Plural
1st person we'll have smelled we'll have smelt we will have smelled we will have smelt
2nd person you'll have smelled you'll have smelt you will have smelled you will have smelt
3rd person they'll have smelled they'll have smelt they will have smelled they will have smelt
Negative I won't have smelled
Singular
1st person I won't have smelled I won't have smelt I will not have smelled I will not have smelt
2nd person you won't have smelled you won't have smelt you will not have smelled you will not have smelt
3rd person he/she/it won't have smelled he/she/it won't have smelt he/she/it will not have smelled he/she/it will not have smelt
Plural
1st person we won't have smelled we won't have smelt we will not have smelled we will not have smelt
2nd person you won't have smelled you won't have smelt you will not have smelled you will not have smelt
3rd person they won't have smelled they won't have smelt they will not have smelled they will not have smelt
Question +'ll I have smelled?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have smelled? +'ll I have smelt? will I have smelled? will I have smelt?
2nd person +'ll you have smelled? +'ll you have smelt? will you have smelled? will you have smelt?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have smelled? +'ll he/she/it have smelt? will he/she/it have smelled? will he/she/it have smelt?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have smelled? +'ll we have smelt? will we have smelled? will we have smelt?
2nd person +'ll you have smelled? +'ll you have smelt? will you have smelled? will you have smelt?
3rd person +'ll they have smelled? +'ll they have smelt? will they have smelled? will they have smelt?
Negative question won't I have smelled?
Singular
1st person won't I have smelled? won't I have smelt? will I not have smelled? will I not have smelt?
2nd person won't you have smelled? won't you have smelt? will you not have smelled? will you not have smelt?
3rd person won't he/she/it have smelled? won't he/she/it have smelt? will he/she/it not have smelled? will he/she/it not have smelt?
Plural
1st person won't we have smelled? won't we have smelt? will we not have smelled? will we not have smelt?
2nd person won't you have smelled? won't you have smelt? will you not have smelled? will you not have smelt?
3rd person won't they have smelled? won't they have smelt? will they not have smelled? will they not have smelt?
Conditional perfect I'd have smelled
Positive I'd have smelled
Singular
1st person I'd have smelled I'd have smelt I would have smelled I would have smelt
2nd person you'd have smelled you'd have smelt you would have smelled you would have smelt
3rd person he/she/it'd have smelled he/she/it'd have smelt he/she/it would have smelled he/she/it would have smelt
Plural
1st person we'd have smelled we'd have smelt we would have smelled we would have smelt
2nd person you'd have smelled you'd have smelt you would have smelled you would have smelt
3rd person they'd have smelled they'd have smelt they would have smelled they would have smelt
Negative I wouldn't have smelled
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have smelled I wouldn't have smelt I would not have smelled I would not have smelt
2nd person you wouldn't have smelled you wouldn't have smelt you would not have smelled you would not have smelt
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have smelled he/she/it wouldn't have smelt he/she/it would not have smelled he/she/it would not have smelt
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have smelled we wouldn't have smelt we would not have smelled we would not have smelt
2nd person you wouldn't have smelled you wouldn't have smelt you would not have smelled you would not have smelt
3rd person they wouldn't have smelled they wouldn't have smelt they would not have smelled they would not have smelt
Question would I have smelled?
Singular
1st person would I have smelled? would I have smelt?
2nd person would you have smelled? would you have smelt?
3rd person would he/she/it have smelled? would he/she/it have smelt?
Plural
1st person would we have smelled? would we have smelt?
2nd person would you have smelled? would you have smelt?
3rd person would they have smelled? would they have smelt?
Negative question wouldn't I have smelled?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have smelled? wouldn't I have smelt? would I not have smelled? would I not have smelt?
2nd person wouldn't you have smelled? wouldn't you have smelt? would you not have smelled? would you not have smelt?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have smelled? wouldn't he/she/it have smelt? would he/she/it not have smelled? would he/she/it not have smelt?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have smelled? wouldn't we have smelt? would we not have smelled? would we not have smelt?
2nd person wouldn't you have smelled? wouldn't you have smelt? would you not have smelled? would you not have smelt?
3rd person wouldn't they have smelled? wouldn't they have smelt? would they not have smelled? would they not have smelt?
Imperative smell!
Positive
you smell!
we let's smell!
Negative
you don't smell!
we let's not smell!
Examples smell examples
How do I use smell in a sentence?
Simple sentences
The bad smell disgusted us.
The smell penetrated through the whole school.
This smell disgusts me.
I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.
You smell great.
I can smell flowers.
I don't like the smell of the perfume Mary is wearing today.
Tom could smell gasoline.
He could smell her perfume.
Pigs smell bad, but they have a very good sense of smell.
What does that smell like?
Even the best fish starts to smell after three days.
Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the small things that really matter in life.
We smell with our noses.
The roses in the garden smell sweet.
Don't you smell something unusual?
I smell something rotten.
Roses smell sweet.
There is nothing I like so much as the smell of roses.
The smell of roses filled the room.
It's quite distinct from the smell of burning.
No sooner had I entered the room than I noticed the smell not only of tobacco but of gas.
The spoiled meat had a nasty smell.
The meat was giving off a terrible smell.
The hair-dressing liquid gave off a strong smell.
He'll be sure to smell a rat if I'm with you.
Chrysanthemums smell sweet.
I smell something burning.
A bad smell permeated the room.
The best fish smell when they are three days old.
The small animal gave off a bad smell.
This gas gives off a bad smell.
Movie subtitles
Vodka doesn't smell.
I smell alcohol on your breath.
The sweet smell of freedom.
The Sweet Smell of Death.
I remember his wife died several years ago so, there is no Mrs Claus. Smell that?
It's the smell of that fried bread.
Safer then one more day with the smell.
And the horrible smell of that awful weed.
And that smell.
It's how you smell.
Because he'd smell it.
Just smell it.
I can smell the ghosts already.
I can smell it.
The choking smell of goat and jasmine.
I smell turkey a-cookin'.
That's all I got was a smell.
You can smell the desert tonight.
Locking me in my room. And the horrible smell of that awful weed.
You know, I still smell of mothballs.
Honey bees buzzing in the clover. And the smell of new-mown hay in the air.
You even smell good.
Oh, smell them!
Oh, smell that.
Oh, smell this grass.
WHAT DOES THAT SMELL LIKE TO YOU?
Oh, I make my own candles so rooms smell like me even when I'm not in them.
Smell, smell.
And from the smell of it, she must have been a long time getting up.
Do I smell cigarette smoke?
You smell funny.
You smell of liquor!
Do you smell it?
News and current affairs
If it is legislation rather than a clause in a union contract that regulates health and safety conditions in the workplace, a factory's air will smell just as sweet.
But does the uncertainty now circling Blair like a vulture now smell the appetizingly foul scent of a lie?
Consider, for example, the sense of smell.
If we model smell on local terms, we can trace how nasal neurons interact with scent particles, sending signals through a network of other neurons to the brain.
Sensory neurons die a programmed death; you literally have a new sense of smell every month.
This is becoming particularly relevant today, as the smell of war hangs over Iran.
There is rubble and the gut-wrenching smell of decaying corpses.
None of these countries needs NATO, but the smell of PATO, CENTO, SEATO, and other long forgotten pacts and pseudo pacts is again in the air.
We just have to go smell the salty spray.
There is rubble and the gut-wrenching smell of decaying corpses. The rats have it good; the one I accidentally stepped upon was already fat.
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