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| smoke [ smōk ] |
noun (plural smokes) |
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1. cloud of tiny particles: a mass of tiny particles in the air that rises up from something burning
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2. vapor resembling smoke: something that resembles smoke, usually consisting of minute particles suspended in a gas
  a white, stinging smoke of chemical fumes
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3. inhaling of burning tobacco fumes: an act of smoking a cigarette, cigar, or pipe
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4. cigarette: a cigarette or other tobacco product
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informal
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5. smokable substance: something that can be smoked, e.g. tobacco
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informal
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picked up some great smoke last week
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6. something that obscures: something that obscures or obstructs information, understanding, or awareness
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7. something transient: something transient or illusory
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8. colors gray color: a gray color tinged with blue or brown
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verb (past and past participle smoked, present participle smok·ing, 3rd person present singular smokes) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb use tobacco: to inhale and exhale the smoke of burning tobacco or a drug, or smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe
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2. transitive and intransitive verb inhale vapors: to inhale the smoke of any substance that can burn and be inhaled
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3. intransitive verb give off smoke: to give off smoke, often in a way that indicates a malfunction
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4. transitive verb fumigate something with smoke: to fumigate, clean, or clear something with smoke
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5. transitive verb stupefy something: to stupefy something with smoke
smoke a hive
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6. transitive verb handicraft darken something: to darken something so as to give it the color of smoke
smoked glass
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7. transitive verb food cure food with wood smoke: to cure or treat food such as meat, fish, or cheese with wood smoke
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8. transitive verb U.S. beat somebody easily: to defeat somebody heavily, or outclass a competitor
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informal
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| [ Old English smoca< Germanic] |
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| smok·a·ble adjective |
| smoke adjective |
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go up in smoke
1. to fail completely to happen as planned or hoped
2. to be destroyed by burning
3. to get into a very bad temper
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