smell up
smell up · smells up · smelled up / smelt up · smelling up
To fill up with an unpleasant odourTo fill up with an unpleasant odour.
» I can smell trouble coming up.
Meaning
2 senses(informal, transitive)To fill up with an unpleasant odour.
cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell
(informal, intransitive)To have an unpleasant odour.
Examples
3 sentencesI can smell trouble coming up.
I can smell trouble coming up right now.
A putrid smell came up out of the hole in the ground.
ruИз дыры в земле раздавалось зловоние. — shanghainese
deEin fauliger Geruch kam aus dem Erdloch herauf. — Esperantostern
Forms
smells up, smelling up, smelled up, smelled up| Base form | smell up · to smell up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | smells up |
| Present participle | smelling up |
| Past simple | smelled up / smelt up |
| Past participle | smelled up / smelt up |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb