smoke
- smoke
- [[t]smo͟ʊk[/t]]
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1) N-UNCOUNT Smoke consists of gas and small bits of solid material that are sent into the air when something burns.
A cloud of black smoke blew over the city...
The air was thick with cigarette smoke.
2) VERB If something is smoking, smoke is coming from it.
The chimney was smoking fiercely.
[V-ing] ...a pile of smoking rubble.
3) VERB When someone smokes a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they suck the smoke from it into their mouth and blow it out again. If you smoke, you regularly smoke cigarettes, cigars, or a pipe.
[V n] He was sitting alone, smoking a big cigar...
[V n] It's not easy to quit smoking cigarettes...
Derived words:
smoker plural N-COUNT He was not a heavy smoker.
N-SING: a N
Smoke is also a noun.
Someone came out for a smoke.
4)
VERB: usu
passive If fish or meat
is smoked, it is hung over burning wood so that the smoke preserves it and gives it a special flavour.
[be V-ed] ...the grid where the fish were being smoked.
6) PHRASE If someone says there's no smoke without fire or where there's smoke there's fire, they mean that there are rumours or signs that something is true so it must be at least partly true.
7) PHRASE: V inflects If something goes up in smoke, it is destroyed by fire.
More than 900 years of British history went up in smoke in the Great Fire of Windsor.
8) PHRASE: V inflects If something that is very important to you goes up in smoke, it fails or ends without anything being achieved.
The dreams of hundreds of holidaymakers went up in smoke after the collapse of their travel agency.
Phrasal Verbs:
English dictionary.
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Smoke — is the collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases [ [http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire95/PDF/f95126.pdf Smoke Production and Properties ] SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering] emitted when a material undergoes… … Wikipedia
Smoke — (sm[=o]k), n. [AS. smoca, fr. sme[ o]can to smoke; akin to LG. & D. smook smoke, Dan. sm[ o]g, G. schmauch, and perh. to Gr. ??? to burn in a smoldering fire; cf. Lith. smaugti to choke.] 1. The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smoke — [smōk] n. [ME < OE smoca, akin to Ger schmauch < IE base * smeukh , to smoke > Gr smychein, to smolder, Ir mūch, smoke] 1. a) vaporous matter arising from something burning and made visible by minute particles of carbon suspended in it… … English World dictionary
smoke — ► NOUN 1) a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in the air, emitted from a burning substance. 2) an act of smoking tobacco. 3) informal a cigarette or cigar. 4) (the Smoke or the Big Smoke) Brit. a big city, especially London. ► VERB … English terms dictionary
Smoke — Smoke, v. t. 1. To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Smoke — ist der Name einer britischen Rockband der 1960er und 1970er Jahre, siehe The Smoke der Titel eines US amerikanischen Independentfilmes, siehe Smoke (Film) der englische Ausdruck für Rauch ein Charakter im Spiel Mortal Kombat ein… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Smoke — Smoke, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Smoked}; p. pr. & vb n. {Smoking}.] [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. sm[ o]ge. See {Smoke}, n.] 1. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Smoke-in — Smoke ịn 〈[smoʊk ] n. 15〉 Beisammensein zum gemeinsamen Haschischrauchen [<engl. smoke „rauchen“ + in „in“] * * * Smoke in [ smoʊk ɪn], das; s, s [engl. smoke in, wohl geb. nach ↑Go in u. a., zu: to smoke = rauchen] (Jargon): Zusammentreffen… … Universal-Lexikon
smoke — smōk vb, smoked; smok·ing vi to inhale and exhale the fumes of burning plant material and esp. tobacco esp to smoke tobacco habitually vt to inhale and exhale the smoke of <smoked 30 cigarettes a day> * * * (smōk) a colloid system in… … Medical dictionary
Smoke-in — [ smouk in] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. amerik. smoke in zu engl. to smoke »rauchen«, Analogiebildung zu ↑Go in u. Ä.> Zusammentreffen [junger Leute] zum gemeinsamen Haschischrauchen … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
