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/riːk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A strong unpleasant smell.
  2. Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.
  3. To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
  4. To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
  5. To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
  6. To emit smoke or vapour; to steam.
  7. A hill; a mountain.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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