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# stench

noun (stench, stenches)

«stench» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A stench is a very bad smell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stench/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a stench comes from a filthy, rotten or dangerous place

### Examples

- The stench of the bins filled the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stench/#x1)
- We held our noses at the stench. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stench/#x2)
- A stench rose from the swamp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stench/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Isaiah it means the terrible smell of dead bodies, a picture of God's judgment on the nations.

**Interpretation.** The prophets use the stench of the unburied dead to show that God's justice reaches proud nations, and that death is a shameful end for evil.

### Examples

- Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their carcasses shall come up, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. (Prophets ISA.34.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stench/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stench» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stench/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stench» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stench.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «stench» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stench/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stench» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stench.html) on Mova free.