(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
Used in a Sentence
smelled
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for smelled.
Editorial note
The only way you could have known how coffee smells, is someone presented you coffee and you smelled it.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of smelled gathered in one view.
(intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
(intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for smelled.
verb
(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
verb
(intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
verb
(intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
verb
(by extension) To detect or perceive; often with out.
Example sentences
The only way you could have known how coffee smells, is someone presented you coffee and you smelled it.
Github woke up, smelled the coffee & made it possible for their users to block other users shortly after this little saga.
I can't verify because I noped out of anything that smelled like ads right from the get-go.
Once Google bought them companies like Viacom smelled money and went after them.
Used the tablet for 2 months, and felt no different, and she said I smelled no different.
The sentence smelled problematic to me but after several times rereading it I concluded it is understandable.
I realized it smelled like Internet Drama writing, looked at the length, and decided I had better things to do.
In Boston, the Harbor was absolutely atrocious and smelled for decades.
Title should read: The Girl Who Smelled Pink: Are we all born with synesthesia?
Everyone complained because their car smelled like Garlic Bread.
Anytime I took a hot shower or boiled water on the stove, brown goo ran down the walls that smelled like cigarette tar.
Some days I got a BMW driven by a guy in a suit, other days a beat up Lada with a grumpy old man who smelled.
Quote examples
Apart from the fake respect (it smelled too much of "gotcha!"), the photographer is missing that the human subject matter of his photos also have rights.
Once I was illegally searched because the officer "smelled weed" (I favor legalization, but I haven't smoked since college--I don't like how it makes me feel).
"I think part of the reason [Steve Jobs] smelled bad was 'cause he wouldn't necessarily go home every day."
> Once I was illegally searched because the officer "smelled weed" It's tacitly understood that "smelled weed" is one of several simply accepted pretenses that give an officer the ability manufacture probable cause out of thin air.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use smelled in a sentence?
The only way you could have known how coffee smells, is someone presented you coffee and you smelled it.
What does smelled mean?
(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
What part of speech is smelled?
smelled is commonly used as verb.