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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stink  \Stink\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stunk},  {Stank},  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Stinking}.]  [AS.  stinkan  to  have  a  smell  (whether 
  good  or  bad);  akin  to  OHG.  stinchan  G.  &  D.  stinken  to 
  stink;  of  uncertain  origin;  cf  Icel.  st["o]kkva  to  leap,  to 
  spring,  Goth.  stigqan  to  push  strike,  or  Gr  ?  rancid.  Cf 
  {Stench}.] 
  To  emit  a  strong,  offensive  smell;  to  send  out  a  disgusting 
  odor. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stink  \Stink\,  v.  t. 
  To  cause  to  stink;  to  affect  by  a  stink. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stink  \Stink\,  n.  [AS.  stinc.] 
  A  strong,  offensive  smell;  a  disgusting  odor;  a  stench. 
 
  {Fire  stink}.  See  under  {Fire}. 
 
  {Stink-fire  lance}.  See  under  {Lance}. 
 
  {Stink  rat}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  musk  turtle.  [Local,  U.S.] 
 
  {Stink  shad}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  gizzard  shad.  [Local,  U.S.] 
 
  {Stink  trap},  a  stench  trap.  See  under  {Stench}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stink 
  n  :  a  distinctive  odor  that  is  offensively  unpleasant  [syn:  {malodor}, 
  {malodour},  {stench},  {reek},  {fetor},  {foetor}] 
  v  1:  be  extremely  bad  in  quality  or  in  one's  performance;  "This 
  term  paper  stinks!" 
  2:  smell  to  heaven  [syn:  {reek}] 




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