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REEKING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giving off a strong unpleasant smell
Classified under:
Similar:
ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling (having an unpleasant smell)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
Example:
wiped his reeking neck
Synonyms:
reeking; watery
Classified under:
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb reek
Context examples:
“Here is one!” said the leader, springing down from his reeking horse, and seizing the white rogue by the edge of his jerkin.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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