Meaning

2 senses

  1. To stanch.

  2. (obsolete)To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.

Examples

36 sentences

  1. The stench is making me sick.

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  2. Tom complained of the stench.

    deTom beklagte sich wegen des Gestankes. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The stench of death became overwhelming.

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  4. A stench emanated from the rotting corpses.

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  5. Ziri noticed the stench of rotting meat.

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Origin

From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto

From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).

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Forms

stenches, stenching, stenched, stenched
Base formstench · to stench
3rd person singularstenches
Present participlestenching
Past simplestenched
Past participlestenched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystench
he, she, itstenches

Past simpleLesson

all personsstenched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stenched
he, she, ithas stenched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stench

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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