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smoke
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smoke  (smk)
n.
1. The vaporous system made up of small particles of carbonaceous matter in the air, resulting mainly from the burning of organic material, such as wood or coal.
2. A suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in a gaseous medium.
3. A cloud of fine particles.
4. Something insubstantial, unreal, or transitory.
5.
a. The act of smoking a form of tobacco: went out for a smoke.
b. The duration of this act.
6. Informal Tobacco in a form that can be smoked, especially a cigarette: money to buy smokes.
7. A substance used in warfare to produce a smoke screen.
8. Something used to conceal or obscure.
9. A pale to grayish blue to bluish or dark gray.
v. smoked, smok·ing, smokes
v.intr.
1.
a. To draw in and exhale smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe: It's forbidden to smoke here.
b. To engage in smoking regularly or habitually: He smoked for years before stopping.
2. To emit smoke or a smokelike substance: chimneys smoking in the cold air.
3. To emit smoke excessively: The station wagon smoked even after the tune-up.
4. Slang
a. To go or proceed at high speed.
b. To play or perform energetically: The band was really smoking in the second set.
v.tr.
1.
a. To draw in and exhale the smoke of (tobacco, for example): I've never smoked a panatela.
b. To do so regularly or habitually: I used to smoke filtered cigarettes.
2. To preserve (meat or fish) by exposure to the aromatic smoke of burning hardwood, usually after pickling in salt or brine.
3.
a. To fumigate (a house, for example).
b. To expose (animals, especially insects) to smoke in order to immobilize or drive away.
4. To expose (glass) to smoke in order to darken or change its color.
5. Slang To kill; murder.
Phrasal Verb:
smoke out
1. To force out of a place of hiding or concealment by or as if by the use of smoke.
2. To detect and bring to public view; expose or reveal: smoke out a scandal.
Idiom:
smoke and mirrors
Something that deceives or distorts the truth: Your explanation is nothing but smoke and mirrors.

[Middle English, from Old English smoca.]

smoka·ble, smokea·ble adj.

smoke
Noun
1. the cloudy mass that rises from something burning
2. the act of smoking tobacco
3. Informal a cigarette or cigar
4. go up in smoke
a. to come to nothing
b. to burn up vigorously
Verb
[smoking, smoked]
1. to give off smoke: a smoking fireplace
2.
a. to draw the smoke of (burning tobacco) into the mouth and exhale it again
b. to do this habitually
3. to cure (meat, cheese, or fish) by treating with smoke [Old English smoca]

Smoke
Noun
the Smoke Informal short for Big Smoke

smoke  (smk)
A mixture of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases, usually containing particles of soot or other solids, produced by the burning of carbon-containing materials such as wood and coal.

Smoke
See also fire.

a form of divination involving smoke.
a form of divination involving fire and smoke.
1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky.
2. soot or smoke. — fuliginous, adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.smokesmoke - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
aerosol - a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
gun smoke - smoke created by the firing of guns
smother - a stifling cloud of smoke
2.smoke - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"
evaporation, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour, vapor - the process of becoming a vapor
3.smoke - an indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"
indicant, indication - something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
4.smoke - something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"
insubstantiality - lacking substance or reality
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
5.smoke - tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
cigar - a roll of tobacco for smoking
cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag, butt - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
baccy, tobacco - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
6.smokesmoke - street names for marijuana          
cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
7.smokesmoke - the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"
breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation - the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
puffing - blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing"
drag, pull, puff - a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
8.smokesmoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
pitch, delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
slider - a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Verb1.smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
chain-smoke - smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
puff, whiff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
inhale - draw deep into the lungs in by breathing; "Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled"
2.smoke - emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
give out, emit, give off - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"
Translations

smoke [sməuk] nhumo
vifumar; [chimney] → echar humo
vt [+ cigarettes] → fumar;
to go up in smoke → quemarse;
(fig) → quedar en agua de borrajas
smoke [sməuk] nfumée f
vt, vifumer;
to have a smoke → fumer une cigarette;
do you smoke? → est-ce que vous fumez?;
do you mind if I smoke? → ça ne vous dérange pas que je fume?;
to go up in smoke [house etc] → brûler (fig); partir en fumée
smoke [sməuk] nRauch m
vi, vtrauchen;
to have a smoke → eine rauchen;
to go up in smoke → in Rauch (und Flammen) aufgehen (fig); sich in Rauch auflösen;
do you smoke? → rauchen Sie?
smoke [sməuk] nfumo
vt, vifumare;
to have a smoke → fumarsi una sigaretta;
do you smoke? → fumi?;
to go up in smoke [house etc] → bruciare, andare distrutto dalle fiamme;
(fig) → andare in fumo

smoke
n smoke [sməuk]
1 the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face.rookدُخانдимkouřrøg; -røgder Rauchκαπνόςhumosuitsدودsavufuméeעַשָןधूआंdimfüstasapreykurfumo연기dūmaidūmiasaprookrøykdymfumofumдымdymdimdimrökควันduman煙,煙灰дим; кіптяваدھواںkhói
2 an act of smoking (a cigarette etc) I came outside for a smoke.trek, rook, skyfتَدْخينдръпванеkouřenísmøgdas Rauchenκάπνισμαcigarrillo, acción de fumarsuits, mahvدخانيات؛سيگارsauhutfait de fumerעִישוּןधूम्रपानpušenjedohányzásmerokokreykurfumata, fumatina喫煙흡연rūkymassmēķēšanamerokokhet rokenrøykpapierosfumadafumatкурениеfajčeniekajenjepušenjerök, blossควันบุหรี่sigara/puro içme抽煙паління, курінняتمباکو نوشیsự hút thuốc lá
v
1 to give off smoke. rookيَبْعَثُ الدُّخانдимяkouřitrygerauchenβγάζω καπνόfumarsuitsemaسيگار كشيدنsavuttaafumerלְהַעֲלוֹת עָשָןधूम्रपान करनाdimiti se, kaditi sefüstölmengeluarkan asapreykja, ósa, rjúkafumare煙を出す연기를 내다dūmytidūmotmengeluarkan asaprokenryke, ose, røykedymićfumara afumaдымитьfajčiť; dymiťkaditipušiti serykaปล่อยควันบุหรี่duman çıkarmak, tütmek冒煙диміти; чадитиدھواں خارج کرناtỏa khói
2 to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc) I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.rookيُدَخِّنُ سيجارَةًпушаkouřitrygerauchenκαπνίζωfumarsuitsetamaدود كردنtupakoidafumerלְעַשֵןधूम्रपान करनाpušitidohányzikmengisap rokokreykjafumare煙草をすう(담배 등을) 피우다, 태워서 연기를 내다rūkytismēķētmenghisap rokokrokenrøykepalićfumara fumaкуритьfajčiťkaditipušitirökaสูบบุหรี่sigara/puro içmek吸煙палити, куритиسگریٹ پیناhút thuốc
3 to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke. rookيُعالِجُ السَّمَك بالدُّخانопушвамuditrygeräuchernκάνω κτ. καπνιστόahumarsuitsutamaدودي كردنsavustaafumerלְעַשֵןधुंधुआनाsušiti u dimu, dimitifüstölmengasapireykjaaffumicareくん製にする훈제하다rūkytikūpinātmengasapirokenrøykewędzićdefumara fumaкоптитьúdiťdimitidimitirökaรมควันtütsülemek燻制(肉等)коптитиدھوئیں کے اثر سے سیاہ کرناhun khói
adj smoked
treated with smoke smoked cheese.gerookteمُدَخَّنопушенuzenýrøgetgeräuchertκαπνιστόςahumadosuitsu-, suitsetatudدودي شدهsavustettufuméמְעוּשָןभांप निकालनाdimljeni (sir)füstöltasapreykturaffumicatoくん製の훈제한rūkytaskūpinātssalaigerooktrøykt, røyke-wędzonyfumadoafumatкопчёныйúdenýprekajendimljenröktใช้ควันtütsülenmiş燻制的копченийدھوئیں کی مدد سے پکایا گیاhun khói
adj ˈsmokeless
1 allowing no smoke Our part of the town is a smokeless zone.rookvryممنوع التَّدْخين، بلا تَدْخينнеразрешаващ пушенетоnezakouřenýrøgfrirauchlosπου δεν επιτρέπει καπνόlibre de humossuitsuvabaبدون دودsavutonexempt de fuméeלְלא עִישוּןधूम्रपान रहित क्षेत्रmjesto gdje je zabranjeno pušenjefüstmentestanpa asapreyklaus(disinquinata)無煙の금연의nerūkomasis, be dūmų, bedūmisbezdūmu-tanpa asaprookvrijrøykfribezdymnysem fumaçanepo­luatне задымлённыйnezadymený; s čistým vzduchombrez dimakoji je bez dimarökfriซึ่งไร้ควันบุหรี่dumansız禁煙的бездимнийتمبانوشی کی ممانعت والاkhông hút thuốc
2 burning without smoke smokeless fuel.rookloosلا دُخاني، يَحْتَرِق بدون إطلاق دُخانбездименbezdýmnýrøgfrirauchlosάκαπνοςsin humo(ilma) suitsuta põlevپختن بدون دودsavutta palavasans fuméeלְלא עָשָןधुंआ रहित जलने वालाbezdimni (barut)füst nélkülitak berasapreyklaussenza fumo無煙の무연의bedūmisbezdūmu-tak berasaprookvrijrøykfribezdymnysem fumocare nu produce fumбездымныйbez dymubrezdimenkoji je bez dimarökfriซึ่งไม่มีควันdumansız無煙的бездимнийبغیر دھوئیں کے جلنے والاkhông khói
n ˈsmoker
a person who smokes cigarettes etc When did you become a smoker?; He's a pipe-smoker.rokerمُدَخِّنпушачkuřákryger; -rygerder/die Raucher(in)καπνιστήςfumadorsuitsetajaسيگاريtupakoitsijafumeur/-euseמְעַשֵןधूम्रपान करने वालाpušačdohányos, dohányzóperokokreykingamaðurfumatore, fumatrice喫煙者흡연자rūkaliussmēķētājspenghisap rokokrokerrøykerpalaczfumadorfumătorкурильщикfajčiarkadilecpušačrökareคนสูบบุหรี่sigara/puro Vb. tiryakisi吸煙者курецьتمباکو نوشngười hút thuốc
n ˈsmoking
the habit of smoking cigarettes etc He has given up cigarette-smoking at last; Smoking can damage your health.rookتَدْخينпушенеkouřenírygning; -rygningdas Rauchenκάπνισμαfumarsuitsetamineاستعمال دخانياتtupakointifait de fumerעִישוּןधूम्रपानpušenjedohányzásmerokokreykingarfumo, il fumare喫煙(상습적인) 흡연rūkymassmēķēšanamerokokhet rokenrøykingpaleniefumarfumat; tabagismкурениеfajčeniekajenjepušenjerökningการสูบบุหรี่sigara/puro Vb. içme吸煙паління, курінняتمباکو نوشیthói quen hút thuốc
adj ˈsmoky
1 filled with, or giving out (too much) smoke The atmosphere in the room was thick and smoky.rokerigمليء بالدُّخانзадименzakouřenýtilrøgetverräuchertγεμάτος καπνούς, ντουμανιασμένοςlleno/cargado de humosuitsuneپردودsavuinenenfuméדוֹמֶה לְעָשָןधूमी, धूआंदारzadimljen, zamagljenfüstöspenuh asapreykmettur, sem (of) mikið rÿkur úrfumoso煙っぽい연기가 자욱한pilnas dūmųdūmu pilnsberasaprokerigrøykfylt, rykende, osendezadymionyfumarentoafumatдымный; прокуренныйzadymený, zafajčenýzadimljenzadimljenrökig, rökfylldเต็มไปด้วยควันdumanlı煙霧彌漫的димний, накуренийدھواں بھرا یا دھواں چھوڑتاtỏa khói, đầy khói
2 like smoke in appearance etc. rokerigشبيه بالدُّخانдименkouřovýrøgagtigrauchigπου είναι σαν καπνόςhumeantesuitsukarvaدود مانندsavunharmaafumeux, enfuméדוֹמֶה לְעָשָןधुंआ-धुंआboje dima, nalik dimupárásseperti asapreykkenndurfumosoすすけた연기와 같은, 연기 냄새가 나는padūmavęsdūmakainsberasaprookachtigrøykaktigdymnyfumosofumuriuдымчатыйdymovýdimastu obliku dimaröklik, rökaktigมีลักษณะของควันduman gibi煙狀的димчастийدھوئیں جیساmàu khói
smoke detector
a device in a building which sounds a fire alarm when smoke passes through it. rookalarmكاشف الدُخانпротивопожарна алармаdetektor kouřerøgdetektorder Rauchdetektorανιχνευτής καπνούdetector de humosuitsuandurآژير حساس به دودpalovaroitindétecteur de fuméeגָלַאי עָשָןधुंआ का पता लगाने वाला यंत्रdetektor dimafüstjelződetektor asapreykskynjaririlevatore di fumo煙探知機연기 탐지기(화재 경보기)dūmų detektoriusdūmu detektorspengesan asaprookmelderrøykvarslerwykrywacz dymudetector de fumodetector de incendiuдетектор дымаdetektor na dymdetektor dimadimni detektorrökdetektor, brandvarnareเครื่องตรวจจับควันyangın uyarı cihazı煙火警報器детектор димуدھوئیں سے خبردار کرنے والی مشینthiết bị báo cháy
n ˈsmokescreen
1 a cloud of smoke used to conceal the movements of troops etc. rookskermسِتار من الدُّخانдимна завесаkouřová clonarøgslørder Rauchvorhangπροπέτασμα καπνούcortina de humosuitsukateدود استتارsavuverhoécran de fuméeמָסָך עָשָןधूम पटdimna zavjesa, umjetna maglafüstfüggönytirai asapreykskÿcortina fumogena煙幕(군대용) 연막dūmų uždangadūmu aizsegstirai asaprookgordijnrøykteppezasłona dymnacortina de fumaçaperdea de fumдымовая завесаdymová clonadimna zavesadimna zavesarökridåระเบิดควันduman perdesi煙幕димова завісаفوجی کارروائیوں کو خفیہ رکھنے کے لیے چھوڑا جانے والا دھوئیں کا بادلmàn khói, màn hỏa mù
2 something intended to conceal one's activities etc. rookskermشَيْءٌ يُقْصَدُ به إخْفاء نَشاط الشَّخْصпрен. димна завесаkouřová clonarøgslørder Vorhangπροπέτασμα, πρόσχημαcortina de humovarjamine, hämamineلفافهhämäysécran de fuméeמָסָך עָשָןकोई गतिविधि छिपाने के लिए कुछ करनाdimna zavjesa, paravanködösítésselubungreykskÿcortina fumogena偽装위장maskuotėaizsegs; maskēšanāsselubungrookgordijntåkeleggingkamuflażcortina de fumaçaacoperireдымовая завесаdymová clonadimna zavesadimna zavesarökridåสิ่งที่ใช้ปกปิดปิดการเคลื่อนที่gerçeği gizleyen şey放煙幕димова завісаکسی کارروائی پر پردہ ڈالنے کی کوششđiều nhằm mục đích che đậy, lừa dối
go up in smoke
1 to be completely destroyed by fire The whole house went up in smoke.deur brand vernietigيَشْتَعِل، تأكُلُه النّيرانизгарямúplně vyhořetgå op i røgin Feuer aufgehenαποτεφρώνομαι, γίνομαι παρανάλωμα του πυρόςhacerse humo/cenizas, ser consumido por las llamasmaatasa maha põlemaسوختنpalaa poroiksibrûler complètementלְהִישָׂרֵף כָּלִילआग में सब कुछ नष्ट हो जानाpotpuno izgorjetileéghabis terbakarbrenna til kaldra kolaandare in fumo焼け尽きる소진되다sudegti, pavirsti dūmais/pelenaisbūt dūmu/liesmu apņemtamterbakargå opp i røykpójść z dymemser consumido pelas chamascom­plet arsсгоретьúplne vyhorieťzgoretiizgoretigå upp i rökถูกทำลายด้วยไฟyanıp kül olmak被燒光згорітиآگ سے تباہ ہو جاناđốt cháy hoàn toàn
2 to vanish very quickly leaving nothing behind All his plans have gone up in smoke.verdwynتَذْهَبُ أدراجَ الرِّياح، تَخْتَفيбезрезултатен съмrozplynout se v dýmgå op i røgsich in Rauch auflösenγίνομαι καπνός, εξανεμίζομαιesfumarse, fracasar, venir abajo, malograrsetuulde lendama, haihtumaدود شدن و به هوا رفتنhaihtua savuna ilmaanpartir en fuméeלַעֲלוֹת בַּתוֹהוּबिना कोई सुराग छोड़े गायब हो जानाizjaloviti se, rasplinuti sefüstbe megylenyapverða að enguandare in fumo消える흔적도 없이 사라지다išnykti kaip dūmamsizkūpēt kā dūmiemhabis terbakarals rook vervliegengå opp i røykspalić na panewceesfumar-sea dis­pă­rea în ceaţăбез следа исчезнуть;кончиться ничемrozplynúť sa ako dymrazbliniti sepropastigå upp i rökหายไปอย่างรวดเร็วsonuçsuz kalmak, havaya uçmak化為烏有вивітрюватисяناکام رہناtan thành mây khói

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