stink

English

/stɪŋk/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
  • (intransitive) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
  • (intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
  • (transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stinken, stynken inherited from Old English stincan inherited from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną (stink) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (thrust, push).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*stengʷ-

Gloss

thrust, push

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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