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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REEK, n.
1. Vapor; steam.
2. A rick, which see.
REEK, v.i. [L. fragro. The primary sense is to send out or emit, to extend, to reach.]
To steam; to exhale; to emit vapor; applied especially to the vapor of certain moist substances, rather than to the smoke of burning bodies.
I found me laid in balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun soon dry'd, and on the reeking moisture fed.
Whose blood yet reeks on my avenging sword.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English rek, from Old English r?c; akin to Old High German rouh smoke Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly dialect smoke 2. vapor, fog 3. a strong or disagreeable fume or odor II. verb Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to emit smoke or vapor 2. a. to give off or become permeated with a strong or offensive odor <a room reeking of incense> b. to give a strong impression of some constituent quality or feature <a neighborhood that reeks of poverty> 3. emanate transitive verb 1. to subject to the action of smoke or vapor 2. exude, give off <a politician who reeks charm> • reeker noun • reeky adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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). Derivatives: reeky adj. Etymology: OE reocan (v.), rec (n.), f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reek Reek (r[=e]k), n. A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reek Reek, n. [AS. r[emc]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. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reeks, reeking, reeked) 1. To reek of something, usually something unpleasant, means to smell very strongly of it. Your breath reeks of stale cigar smoke... The entire house reeked for a long time. = stink VERB: V of n, V • Reek is also a noun. He smelt the reek of whisky. N-SING: usu N of n 2. If you say that something reeks of unpleasant ideas, feelings, or practices, you disapprove of it because it gives a strong impression that it involves those ideas, feelings, or practices. The whole thing reeks of hypocrisy. VERB: V of n [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Smoke, steam, exhalation, vapor, effluvium, fume, mist. 2. Rick, stack. II. v. n. Smoke, steam, exhale, emit vapor.

Moby Thesaurus

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