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English Dictionary: reek	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for reek
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reek n a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis] v have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" Synonym(s): smack, reek, smell smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" Synonym(s): reek, stink be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face Synonym(s): reek, fume give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reek \Reek\ (r[emac]k), n. A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reek \Reek\, n. [AS. r[emc]c; akin to OFries. r[emac]k, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. r[94]g, Sw. r[94]k, Icel. reykr, and to AS. re[oacute]can to reek, smoke, Icel. rj[umac]ka, G. riechen to smell.] Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reek \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reeked} (r[emac]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reeking}.] [As. r[emac]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.