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noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- stink derivation
- malodorous derivation
- miasmic derivation
Sense 2 verb
have an element suggestive (of something)
his speeches smacked of racism
Types & categories
- paint a picture hypernym
Sense 3 verb
smell badly and offensively
The building reeks of smoke
Types & categories
- smell hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
Types & categories
- exudate hypernym
Sense 5 verb
give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
Marshes reeking in the sun
Types & categories
- give out hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stink |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | malodorous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | miasmic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | smell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | niff |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | paint a picture |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | stink up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | malodor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | smell |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | exudate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | give out |