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
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
She'd have smelt the whole thing out in no time.
From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams
I know the nitrogen is driven out, I have smelt it myself; but what becomes of the black carbon?
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter
"I think the worthy parson must have smelt the tea and toast, and wants to make up for the wretched dinner he got in the train."
From Fantômas by Cranstoun Metcalfe
