stinken — meaning in English

English meaning

• hum verb To sing a tune with your lips closed, without forming words.
• reek noun A strong, unpleasant smell.
• smell noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.
• stink verb To give off a strong, unpleasant smell.

Senses

stinken is used for these senses in English:

• hum (transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
• reek (intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
• smell (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

hum — full definition

1. verb To sing a tune with your lips closed, without forming words.
2. verb To make a low, steady, continuous sound.
3. noun A low, steady, continuous sound.

reek — full definition

1. noun A strong, unpleasant smell.
2. verb To give off a strong, unpleasant odor.
3. verb To be strongly suggestive of something bad or suspicious.

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