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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant;
[syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]


VERB (4)

1. have an element suggestive (of something);
- Example: "his speeches smacked of racism"
- Example: "this passage smells of plagiarism"
[syn: smack, reek, smell]

2. smell badly and offensively;
- Example: "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.;
- 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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
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"