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   smoke

   /sməʊk/

   noun

   • 1. a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance: "bonfire smoke"
   • 2. an act of smoking tobacco: "I'm dying for a smoke"
   • ▪ a cigarette or cigar: informal "you're going to buy some smokes of your own"
   • 3. a big city, especially London: informal British "she was offered a job in the Smoke"

   verb

   • 1. emit smoke or visible vapour: "heat the oil until it just smokes" Similar smoulderemit smokeemit fumesarchaic:reek
   • 2. suck on the end of a lit cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc. so as to inhale and exhale the smoke produced by the burning tobacco into the mouth: "she was sitting at the kitchen table smoking" Similar puff ondraw onpull oninhalelight upinformal:take a drag ofdrag on
   • ▪ inhale and exhale the smoke produced by burning (a narcotic drug): "a year later she began smoking heroin"
   • 3. treat, fumigate, or cleanse by exposure to smoke.
   • ▪ cure or preserve (food, especially meat or fish) by exposure to smoke: "their salmon and trout are smoked over peat and hand-sliced" Similar curepreservedry
   • ▪ subdue (insects, especially bees) by exposing them to smoke: "traditionally, the beekeeper must smoke the bees to calm them"
   • 4. kill (someone) by shooting: informal North American "they gotta go smoke this person"
   • ▪ defeat overwhelmingly in a fight or contest: "I got smoked in that fight"
   • 5. make fun of (someone): archaic "we baited her and smoked her"

   Word Origin Old Englishsmoca (noun), smocian (verb), from the Germanic base of smēocan ‘emit smoke’; related to Dutch smook and German Schmauch.

   Derivatives

   • 1. smokable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSMOKE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • Smoke: Russian Translation

     SMOKE translate: дым , курение , курить , коптить , дымиться...

   • Smoke: Catalan Translation

     smoke translate: fum, fumar, treure fum. Learn more in the...

   • Znaczenie Smoke, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     smoke definicja: 1. the grey, black, or white mixture of gas...

   • Smoke and Mirrors

     SMOKE AND MIRRORS definition: 1. Something that is described...

   • Chain-Smoke

     CHAIN-SMOKE definition: 1. to smoke cigarettes one after...

   • Smoke: Japanese Translation

     SMOKE translate: 煙, タバコを吸う, 喫煙する, 煙を出す, のろしを上げる, 煙（けむり）,...

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   Smoke is a suspension [3] of airborne particulates and gases [4] emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass.

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   Smoke definition: the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.. See examples of SMOKE used in a sentence.

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   Smoke is a mixture of gases and particles produced by burning materials, or something resembling this. It can also mean the act of smoking tobacco, a substance for smoking, or a color similar to smoke.

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8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishsmoke noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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