REEK
malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis
(noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
reek, fume
(verb) be wet with sweat or blood, as of one’s face
reek, stink
(verb) smell badly and offensively; “The building reeks of smoke”
reek
(verb) give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; “Marshes reeking in the sun”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
reek (countable and uncountable, plural reeks)
A strong unpleasant smell.
(Scotland) Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.
Etymology 2
Verb
reek (third-person singular simple present reeks, present participle reeking, simple past and past participle reeked)
(intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
(archaic, intransitive) To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
(archaic, intransitive) To emit smoke or vapour; to steam.
Etymology 3
Noun
reek (plural reeks)
(Ireland) A hill; a mountain.
Anagrams
• kere
Source: Wiktionary
Reek (rek), n.
Definition: A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Reek, n. Etym: [AS. r; akin to OFries. r, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. rr, Icel. reykr, and to AS. re to reek, smoke, Icel. rj, G. riechen to smell.]
Definition: Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak.
Reek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.] Etym: [As. r. See Reek vapor..]
Definition: 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. Macualay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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