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stank

/stæŋk/

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verb

To have a strong bad smell.

Examples :

"The gym clothes in my locker stank after I forgot to take them home on Friday. "

sensation environment

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verb

To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.

Examples :

"The team stank in the final game; they couldn't complete a single pass. "

attitude quality negative

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verb

To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.

Examples :

"His excuse for being late to work stank of lies. "

character moral attitude

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verb

To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Examples :

"The garbage truck stank up the entire neighborhood this morning. "

sensation environment

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adjective

Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.

Examples :

"The garbage can in the hallway stank terribly. "

sensation quality environment nature

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noun

Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.

Examples :

"After the heavy rain, the farmer checked the stank behind the levee to see if it was full enough to irrigate his fields. "

environment geography nature place

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noun

A dam or mound to stop water.

Examples :

"The farmer built a stank to hold back the floodwaters from his crops. "

environment utility structure agriculture

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adjective

Examples :

"After a week of intense exams, the students felt completely stank. "

condition body physiology

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verb

Examples :

"She stank with disappointment when she saw her low test score. "

sound action sensation