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verbbe wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
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"The building reeks of smoke"verbsmell badly and offensively
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nouna distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
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"Marshes reeking in the sun"verbgive off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
Definition that contains reek
- here queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
- night Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
- father (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- order (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
- river a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
- paris (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War
- hero Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
- hero (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
- grace (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors
- jason (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece