Reek definitions 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 ... odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis] v 1: have an element suggestive (of ... 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 ...
Peat reek definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Peat Peat, n. [Prob. for ... which often grows abundantly in boggy or peaty places. Peat reek, the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the peculiar flavor given ...
... with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek, fume] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from ... vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. The fumes of new shorn ... English Synonyms I. n. 1. Smoke, vapor, steam, exhalation, effluvium, reek. 2. Passion, rage, pet, fry, fret, storm, agitation, stew ( colloq. ). II. v. n. 1. Smoke, reek, emit, vapor, throw off vapor, give out exhalations. 2. Rage ... devil, raise the roof, rant, rant and rave, rave, redolence, reek, refrigerate, restlessness, roil, rout, row, ruckus, ruffle, rumpus, salt, savor ...
... volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton. 2. Hence, to ... Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Sooty vapor. 2. Reek, steam, exhalation, effluvium, fume, mist, vapor. 3. Vanity, emptiness, idle ... find out, discover. III. v. n. 1. Emit smoke. 2. Reek, steam, exhale, emit vapor. 3. Burn, be kindled, rage, fume ... devil, raise the roof, rant, rant and rave, rave, raven, reek, refrigerate, rub, run, rush, salt, scorch, scoria, sear, season, seethe ...
... giving off a strong unpleasant smell 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 ... penetrating, piercing, pneumatic, pungent, putrid, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, reechy, reek, reeky, repulsive, rotten, rotten smell, scintillant, scintillating, sharp, smellful, smelling ...
... with smoke or steam; foul. Merriam Webster's adjective see reek II Webster's 1913 Dictionary Reeky Reek"y (-?), a. [From 2d Reek; cf. Reechy.] 1. Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. --Shak. 2. Emitting reek. ``Reeky fen.'' --Sir W. Scott. Soule's Dictionary of English ...
... smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 5: become aware of not through the senses but ... LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. Smell, n ... nostrils, olfaction, olfactory sense, perceive, perfume, phonism, photism, receptor, redolence, reek, respond, respond to stimuli, run down, run to earth, savor ...
... odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis] v 1: be extremely bad in quality ... smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" [syn: reek, stink] Merriam Webster's I. intransitive verb (stank or stunk ... mephitis, miasma, nidor, noxious stench, offend the nostrils, offensive odor, reek, reeking, rotten smell, smell, smell bad, smell of, smell to ...
Reeked definitions 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 ...