[syn: reek, fume]
4. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.;
- Example: "Marshes reeking in the sun"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reek \Reek\ (r[=e]k), n.
A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reek \Reek\, n. [AS. r[=e]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.
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As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reek \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.
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Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. --Spenser.
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I found me laid
In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton.
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The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reek
n 1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn:
malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor,
foetor, mephitis]
v 1: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches
smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
[syn: smack, reek, smell]
2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
[syn: reek, stink]
3: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek,
fume]
4: give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes
reeking in the sun"