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English

Pronunciation


Verb

stank


Category:English irregular simple past forms

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Breton

Etymology

Old French estanc

Noun

stank m

  1. pond


Category:Breton nouns

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Dutch

Noun

stank (pl. stanken, diminutive: stankje)

  1. stench


Category:Dutch nouns

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Old High German

Etymology

Common Germanic *stankwaz, whence also Old English stenċ

Noun

stank m

  1. smell


Category:Old High German nouns

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Sv-en stank.ogg


Noun

stank

  1. stink, stench (a bad smell)
  2. :1938:w:Ludvig Nordström|Ludvig Nordström 1 - Denna stank hade nämligen samma underliga egenskap som liklukt att så att säga smyga sig fram och liksom långsamt, gradvis underminera luften.
  3. ::"This stench had the same strange quality as the smell of corpses, that is so to say sneaked up on you and kind of slowly, gradually undermine the air."


Verb form

stank

  1. Past tense of stinka


Category:Swedish verb forms

el:stank fr:stank ru:stank vi:stank

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stank \Stank\, v. i. [Cf. Sw. st[*a]nka to pant. [root]165.]
To sigh. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stank \Stank\, imp. of Stink.
Stunk.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stank \Stank\, n. [OF. estang, F. ['e]tang, from L. stagnum a
pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]
1. Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.] --Robert of Brunne.
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2. A dam or mound to stop water. [Prov. Eng.]
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Stank hen (Zool.), the moor hen; -- called also stankie.
[Prov. Eng.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stank \Stank\ (st[a^][ng]k), a. [OF. estanc, or It. stanco. See
Stanch, a.]
Weak; worn out. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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WordNet stink
n : a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor,
malodour, stench, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]
v 1: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This
term paper stinks!"
2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
[syn: reek]
[also: stunk, stank]
WordNet stank
See stink
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