smell
verb (used with object)
to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of.
has smelt
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present perfectof smell (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“He has smelt a rat, the long-legged stork!”
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
A man's education seems more complete who has smelt hostile powder from a less æsthetic distance than Goethe.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
"I'm done: the scoundrel has smelt a rat."
From The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
What’s this he says he has smelt out?
From The Comedies of Terence by George Colman
"And this, dear Baron," said her Royal Highness, "is my good friend Colonel Coverdale, who has smelt powder in the wars of his country."
From Mrs. Fitz by J. C. Snaith
