smelling
smelling · smellings · smellinged · smellinging
Used in adjectival compoundsUsed in adjectival compounds.
/ˈsmɛlɪŋ/
Meaning
1 sensesUsed in adjectival compounds.
foul-smelling (having a foul smell)
sweet-smelling (having a sweet smell)
Forms
smellings, smellinging, smellinged, smellinged| Base form | smelling · to smelling |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | smellings |
| Present participle | smellinging |
| Past simple | smellinged |
| Past participle | smellinged |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedunsmelling
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.