About The Word Reek
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Reek
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What's The Definition Of Reek?
[n] a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
[v] be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [v] smell to heaven [v] have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism" [v] give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun" Synonyms | Synonyms for Reek: fetor | foetor | fume | malodor | malodour | smack | stench | stink | stink Related Terms | Find terms related to Reek: See Also | emit | evoke | exudate | exude | give off | give out | niff | odor | odour | olfactory perception | olfactory sensation | ooze | ooze out | paint a picture | pong | smell | smell | smell up | stink out | stink up | suggest | transude Reek In Webster's Dictionary \Reek\ (r[=e]k), n.
A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
\Reek\, n. [AS. r[emc]c; akin to OFries. r[=e]k, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. r["o]g, Sw. r["o]k, Icel. reykr, and to AS. re['o]can to reek, smoke, Icel. rj[=u]ka, G. riechen to smell.] Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak. \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reeked} (r[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reeking}.] [As. r[=e]can. See {Reek} vapor.] To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale. Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. --Spenser. I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton. The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. --Macaulay. |
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