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smell up

 

Definitions from WordNet

Verb smell up has 1 sense
  1. stink up, smell up, stink out - cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell
    --1 is one way to odorize, odourise, scent
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something

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Term: smell up

Description:

Smell up is a phrasal verb that means to fill an area or an object with a strong or unpleasant odor, often inadvertently or by accident.

Examples:

1. Verb (transitive):

He accidentally smelled up the entire room when he spilled the perfume bottle.

2. Verb (intransitive):

The garbage can smells up the entire kitchen if not taken out regularly.

3. Adjective:

The kitchen is smell-up after preparing a delicious dinner.

4. Noun:

The overpowering smell-up coming from the dumpster behind the restaurant.

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