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- DictionaryReek/rēk/
verb
- 1. smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink: "the yard reeked of wet straw and stale horse manure"
noun
- 1. a foul smell: "the reek of cattle dung"
- 2. smoke: Scottish "he recovered himself and turned to peer through the reek"
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.
reek. noun [ S ] informal uk / riːk / us / riːk /. a strong unpleasant smell: The room was filled with the reek of stale beer. The warm air was scented with the heady reek of diesel oil from the bus. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Reek most commonly means to give off a strong, unpleasant odor, as in Your socks reek, dude. Wreak means to inflict or carry out something, especially something harmful—it’s most commonly used in the phrase wreak havoc, meaning to cause chaos or destruction or both.
verb. smell badly and offensively. “The building reeks of smoke”. synonyms: stink. see more. noun. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, stench, stink. see more.
reek. ( riːk) vb. 1. ( intr) to give off or emit a strong unpleasant odour; smell or stink. 2. (often foll by: of) to be permeated (by); be redolent (of): the letter reeks of subservience. 3. ( tr) to treat with smoke; fumigate.
Definition of reek verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (intransitive) to give off or emit a strong unpleasant odour; smell or stink. 2. (intransitive; often foll by of) to be permeated (by); be redolent (of) the letter reeks of subservience. 3. (transitive) to treat with smoke; fumigate. 4. (transitive) mainly dialect.
They reek of decay and death. You reek of Darkyn's power. The local community accepted traditional farmyard smells but we've never suffered anything like the revolting reek we regularly suffer now.
REEK definition: to have a very unpleasant smell: . Learn more.
reek. noun. /riːk/. /riːk/. [singular] a strong unpleasant smell synonym stench. the reek of cigarettes and beer. The reek of gunpowder and smoke grew stronger. There was a permanent reek of decaying food in the cupboards.
