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.
have smelt
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present perfectof smell.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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They didn’t dare risk the salmon cakes; the bear would have smelt them from many daywalks away.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
What cooked they in thy kitchen, Mark, tonight That all the fools have smelt it out?
From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various
The old vagabond must have smelt the money.
From The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
But they must have smelt fodder over there somewhere, and they broke for it like the devil beatin' tanbark.
From Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro by John McElroy
Are the garden's scents less fragrant that you wonder, for a fleeting instant, when you have smelt them before?
From The Tower of Oblivion by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
