Reek (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Stink

Related Words

• Reek (noun)

Meaning ²

Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face.

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Examples

• The wounded soldier's face reeked with blood as he lay on the battlefield.
• Her face reeked of sweat as she stood under the scorching sun for hours.
• His face reeked with cold sweat, exposing the terror that gripped his heart.
• As the paramedics pulled him out of the wreckage, his face reeked of blood.
• The exhausted marathon runner's face reeked with sweat as she crossed the finish line.

Synonyms

• Fume

Hypernyms

• Transude
• Ooze
• Exudate
• Ooze Out

Meaning ³

Have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Smack
• Smell

Hypernyms

• Paint A Picture
• Suggest

Meaning ⁴

Give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun".

Classification

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.

Hypernyms

• Give Off
• Give Out