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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

reek
    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"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Reek \Reek\ (r[=e]k), n.
   A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Few chimneys reeking you shall espy.     --Spenser.
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         I found me laid
         In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
         Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton.
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         The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.    --Macaulay.
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Thesaurus Results for Reek:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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