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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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Noun, Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun reek has 1 sense

reek(n = noun.cognition) fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, stench, stink - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant;

is a kind of odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell

has particulars: niff, pong

Derived form verb reek₂

Verb reek has 4 senses

reek(v = verb.perception) smack, smell - have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"

is one way to evoke, paint a picture, suggest

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

reek(v = verb.perception) stink - smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"

is one way to smell

Derived form noun reek₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

reek(v = verb.body) fume - be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face;

is one way to exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

reek(v = verb.weather) - give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

reek, n.

A rick. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

reek, n. [AS. r; akin to OFries. r, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. rög, Sw. rök, Icel. reykr, and to AS. re to reek, smoke, Icel. rj, G. riechen to smell.].

Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. [1913 Webster]
"As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln." [1913 Webster]

reek, v. i. [As. r. 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." [1913 Webster]

"I found me laid
In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed." [1913 Webster]

"The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

reek, v. & n.
--v.intr. (often foll. by of)
1 smell strongly and unpleasantly.
2 have unpleasant or suspicious associations (this reeks of corruption).
3 give off smoke or fumes.
--n.
1 a foul or stale smell.
2 esp. Sc. smoke.
3 vapour; a visible exhalation (esp. from a chimney).

Derivative

reeky adj.

Etymology

OE reocan (v.), rec (n.), f. Gmc

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THESAURUS

reek
BO, aerate, aerify, afterdamp, ash, ashes, atomize, bad breath, bad smell, be aromatic, be redolent of, blackdamp, bleed, blow, body odor, brand, breath, breathe, breathe out, calx, carbon, carbonate, charcoal, chlorinate, chokedamp, cinder, clinker, cloud, coal, coke, coom, damp, discharge, distill, dross, effluvium, effuse, emit, emit a smell, etherify, etherize, evacuate, evaporate, excrete, exfiltrate, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expire, extravasate, exudate, exude, fetid air, fetidity, fetidness, fetor, filter, filtrate, firedamp, flatus, fluid, fluidize, foul breath, foul odor, fractionate, frowst, fume, fumes, fumigate, funk, gasify, give off, give out, give vent to, graveolence, halitosis, hum, hydrogenate, lava, leach, let out, lixiviate, malaria, malodor, mephitis, miasma, mist, nidor, noxious stench, odor, offend the nostrils, offensive odor, ooze, open the floodgates, open the sluices, oxygenate, percolate, perfume, puff, puff of smoke, reeking, rotten smell, scoria, seep, send out, slag, smell, smell bad, smell of, smell to heaven, smell up, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, spray, steam, stench, stench of decay, stink, stink out, stink up, strain, sublimate, sublime, sullage, throw off, transpire, transude, vapor, vaporize, volatile, volatilize, water vapor, weep, yield an odor

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Uncleanness
VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.

Gaseity
N gaseity, vaporousness, flatulence, flatulency, volatility, aeration, aerification, elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus, cloud, ammonia, ammoniacal gas, volatile alkali, vacuum, partial vacuum, pneumatics, pneumatostatics, aerostatics, aerodynamics, gasmeter, gasometer, air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish), gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.

Vaporization
VB render gaseous, vaporize, volatilize, distill, sublime, evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate, cohobate, finestill, bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil.

Water
VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.

Heat
VB be hot, glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, burn, blister, broil, blaze, flame, smolder, parch, fume, pant, heat, recalesce, thaw, give.

Odor
VB have an odor, smell, smell of, smell strong of, exhale, give out a smell, reek, reek of, scent, smell, scent, snuff, snuff up, sniff, nose, inhale.