[reek] verb
JL Williams, “The Ride” from the novel Legacies
In the story “The ride” by JL Williams, the word that caught my attention that I did not have no knowledge of the definition is ”reeking” (pg.409 chapter.6). The sentence says “The man, reeking of urine and the conspicuous smell of the unwashed, was not a new occurrence to any of us on the subway car. In my opinion I thought reeking meant like if the man was peeing on himself, therefore that is why view it as the writer describe the smell as an conspicuous smell. But when I went to www.Dictionary.com it stated that reek means a strong, unpleasant smell. It is explains how the writer said it was not a new occurrence to any of us on the subway car as that he is used to the unpleasant smell coming from a homeless in this case man.
