'Reek' definitions:
Definition of 'reek'
(from WordNet)
noun
A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]
verb
Have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell]
verb
Smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" [syn: reek, stink]
verb
Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek, fume]
verb
Give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"
Definition of 'Reek'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Reek'
From: GCIDE
- Reek \Reek\ (r[=e]k), n. A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reek'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'reek'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerate,
- aerify,
- afterdamp,
- ash,
- ashes,
- atomize,
- bad breath,
- bad smell,
- be aromatic,
- be redolent of,
- blackdamp,
- bleed,
- blow,
- BO,
- 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