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reek

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"Smell strongly"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /riːk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eekrStarts with REnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2E3E4K

Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle English rek, reke (“smoke”), from Old English rēc, from Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, from Proto-Indo-European *rowgi-.

Used in a sentence

  • Thou mightst as well say, I loue to walke by the Counter-gate, which is as hatefull to me, as the reeke of a Lime-kill.
  • The blue reeks of smoke from the cottages gave the whole widespread landscape an air of settled order and homely comfort.
  • You reek of perfume.

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