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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.

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[Middle English, from Old English smoca.]

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smoka·ble, smokea·ble adj.

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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]

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Smoke

Noun

the Smoke Informal short for Big Smoke

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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.

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Smoke

See also fire.

capnomancy

a form of divination involving smoke.

empyromancy

a form of divination involving fire and smoke.

fuliginosity

1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky.
2. soot or smoke. — fuliginous, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	smoke - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas fume 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" smoking 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 roll of tobacco 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.	smoke - street names for marijuana           dope, gage, green goddess, sens, sess, Mary Jane, locoweed, skunk, weed, grass, pot 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.	smoke - the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" smoking 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.	smoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" fastball, heater, hummer, bullet 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!"
Verb	1.	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" fume 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] n → humo

vi → fumar; [chimney] → echar humo

vt [+ cigarettes] → fumar;

to go up in smoke → quemarse;

(fig) → quedar en agua de borrajas

smoke [sməuk] n → fumée f

vt, vi → fumer;

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] n → Rauch m

vi, vt → rauchen;

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] n → fumo

vt, vi → fumare;

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

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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. rook دُخان дим kouř røg; -røg der Rauch καπνός humo suits دود savu fumée עַשָן धूआं dim füst asap reykur fumo 煙 연기 dūmai dūmi asap rook røyk dym fumo fum дым dym dim dim rök ควัน duman 煙，煙灰 дим; кіптява دھواں khói 烟，烟灰

2 an act of smoking (a cigarette etc) I came outside for a smoke. trek, rook, skyf تَدْخين дръпване kouření smøg das Rauchen κάπνισμα cigarrillo, acción de fumar suits, mahv دخانيات؛سيگار sauhut fait de fumer עִישוּן धूम्रपान pušenje dohányzás merokok reykur fumata, fumatina 喫煙 흡연 rūkymas smēķēšana merokok het roken røyk papieros fumada fumat курение fajčenie kajenje pušenje rök, bloss ควันบุหรี่ sigara/puro içme 抽煙 паління, куріння تمباکو نوشی sự hút thuốc lá 抽烟

v

1 to give off smoke. rook يَبْعَثُ الدُّخان димя kouřit ryge rauchen βγάζω καπνό fumar suitsema سيگار كشيدن savuttaa fumer לְהַעֲלוֹת עָשָן धूम्रपान करना dimiti se, kaditi se füstöl mengeluarkan asap reykja, ósa, rjúka fumare 煙を出す 연기를 내다 dūmyti dūmot mengeluarkan asap roken ryke, ose, røyke dymić fumar a afuma дымить fajčiť; dymiť kaditi pušiti se ryka ปล่อยควันบุหรี่ duman çıkarmak, tütmek 冒煙 диміти; чадити دھواں خارج کرنا tỏa khói 冒烟

2 to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc) I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars. rook يُدَخِّنُ سيجارَةً пуша kouřit ryge rauchen καπνίζω fumar suitsetama دود كردن tupakoida fumer לְעַשֵן धूम्रपान करना pušiti dohányzik mengisap rokok reykja fumare 煙草をすう (담배 등을) 피우다, 태워서 연기를 내다 rūkyti smēķēt menghisap rokok roken røyke palić fumar a fuma курить fajčiť kaditi pušiti röka สูบบุหรี่ sigara/puro içmek 吸煙 палити, курити سگریٹ پینا hút thuốc 吸烟

3 to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke. rook يُعالِجُ السَّمَك بالدُّخان опушвам udit ryge räuchern κάνω κτ. καπνιστό ahumar suitsutama دودي كردن savustaa fumer לְעַשֵן धुंधुआना sušiti u dimu, dimiti füstöl mengasapi reykja affumicare くん製にする 훈제하다 rūkyti kūpināt mengasapi roken røyke wędzić defumar a fuma коптить údiť dimiti dimiti röka รมควัน tütsülemek 燻制(肉等) коптити دھوئیں کے اثر سے سیاہ کرنا hun khói 熏制（肉等）

adj smoked

treated with smoke smoked cheese. gerookte مُدَخَّن опушен uzený røget geräuchert καπνιστός ahumado suitsu-, suitsetatud دودي شده savustettu fumé מְעוּשָן भांप निकालना dimljeni (sir) füstölt asap reyktur affumicato くん製の 훈제한 rūkytas kūpināts salai gerookt røykt, røyke- wędzony fumado afumat копчёный údený prekajen dimljen rökt ใช้ควัน tütsülenmiş 燻制的 копчений دھوئیں کی مدد سے پکایا گیا hun khói 熏制的

adj ˈsmokeless

1 allowing no smoke Our part of the town is a smokeless zone. rookvry ممنوع التَّدْخين، بلا تَدْخين неразрешаващ пушенето nezakouřený røgfri rauchlos που δεν επιτρέπει καπνό libre de humos suitsuvaba بدون دود savuton exempt de fumée לְלא עִישוּן धूम्रपान रहित क्षेत्र mjesto gdje je zabranjeno pušenje füstmentes tanpa asap reyklaus (disinquinata) 無煙の 금연의 nerūkomasis, be dūmų, bedūmis bezdūmu- tanpa asap rookvrij røykfri bezdymny sem fumaça nepo­luat не задымлённый nezadymený; s čistým vzduchom brez dima koji je bez dima rökfri ซึ่งไร้ควันบุหรี่ dumansız 禁煙的 бездимний تمبانوشی کی ممانعت والا không hút thuốc 禁烟的

2 burning without smoke smokeless fuel. rookloos لا دُخاني، يَحْتَرِق بدون إطلاق دُخان бездимен bezdýmný røgfri rauchlos άκαπνος sin humo (ilma) suitsuta põlev پختن بدون دود savutta palava sans fumée לְלא עָשָן धुंआ रहित जलने वाला bezdimni (barut) füst nélküli tak berasap reyklaus senza fumo 無煙の 무연의 bedūmis bezdūmu- tak berasap rookvrij røykfri bezdymny sem fumo care nu produce fum бездымный bez dymu brezdimen koji je bez dima rökfri ซึ่งไม่มีควัน dumansız 無煙的 бездимний بغیر دھوئیں کے جلنے والا không khói 无烟的

n ˈsmoker

a person who smokes cigarettes etc When did you become a smoker?; He's a pipe-smoker. roker مُدَخِّن пушач kuřák ryger; -ryger der/die Raucher(in) καπνιστής fumador suitsetaja سيگاري tupakoitsija fumeur/-euse מְעַשֵן धूम्रपान करने वाला pušač dohányos, dohányzó perokok reykingamaður fumatore, fumatrice 喫煙者 흡연자 rūkalius smēķētājs penghisap rokok roker røyker palacz fumador fumător курильщик fajčiar kadilec pušač rökare คนสูบบุหรี่ sigara/puro Vb. tiryakisi 吸煙者 курець تمباکو نوش người hút thuốc 吸烟者

n ˈsmoking

the habit of smoking cigarettes etc He has given up cigarette-smoking at last; Smoking can damage your health. rook تَدْخين пушене kouření rygning; -rygning das Rauchen κάπνισμα fumar suitsetamine استعمال دخانيات tupakointi fait de fumer עִישוּן धूम्रपान pušenje dohányzás merokok reykingar fumo, il fumare 喫煙 (상습적인) 흡연 rūkymas smēķēšana merokok het roken røyking palenie fumar fumat; tabagism курение fajčenie kajenje pušenje rökning การสูบบุหรี่ sigara/puro Vb. içme 吸煙 паління, куріння تمباکو نوشی thói quen hút thuốc 吸烟

adj ˈsmoky

1 filled with, or giving out (too much) smoke The atmosphere in the room was thick and smoky. rokerig مليء بالدُّخان задимен zakouřený tilrøget verräuchert γεμάτος καπνούς, ντουμανιασμένος lleno/cargado de humo suitsune پردود savuinen enfumé דוֹמֶה לְעָשָן धूमी, धूआंदार zadimljen, zamagljen füstös penuh asap reykmettur, sem (of) mikið rÿkur úr fumoso 煙っぽい 연기가 자욱한 pilnas dūmų dūmu pilns berasap rokerig røykfylt, rykende, osende zadymiony fumarento afumat дымный; прокуренный zadymený, zafajčený zadimljen zadimljen rökig, rökfylld เต็มไปด้วยควัน dumanlı 煙霧彌漫的 димний, накурений دھواں بھرا یا دھواں چھوڑتا tỏa khói, đầy khói 烟雾弥漫的

2 like smoke in appearance etc. rokerig شبيه بالدُّخان димен kouřový røgagtig rauchig που είναι σαν καπνός humeante suitsukarva دود مانند savunharmaa fumeux, enfumé דוֹמֶה לְעָשָן धुंआ-धुंआ boje dima, nalik dimu párás seperti asap reykkenndur fumoso すすけた 연기와 같은, 연기 냄새가 나는 padūmavęs dūmakains berasap rookachtig røykaktig dymny fumoso fumuriu дымчатый dymový dimast u obliku dima röklik, rökaktig มีลักษณะของควัน duman gibi 煙狀的 димчастий دھوئیں جیسا màu khói 烟状的

smoke detector

a device in a building which sounds a fire alarm when smoke passes through it. rookalarm كاشف الدُخان противопожарна аларма detektor kouře røgdetektor der Rauchdetektor ανιχνευτής καπνού detector de humo suitsuandur آژير حساس به دود palovaroitin détecteur de fumée גָלַאי עָשָן धुंआ का पता लगाने वाला यंत्र detektor dima füstjelző detektor asap reykskynjari rilevatore di fumo 煙探知機 연기 탐지기(화재 경보기) dūmų detektorius dūmu detektors pengesan asap rookmelder røykvarsler wykrywacz dymu detector de fumo detector de incendiu детектор дыма detektor na dym detektor dima dimni detektor rökdetektor, brandvarnare เครื่องตรวจจับควัน yangın uyarı cihazı 煙火警報器 детектор диму دھوئیں سے خبردار کرنے والی مشین thiết bị báo cháy 烟火警报器

n ˈsmokescreen

1 a cloud of smoke used to conceal the movements of troops etc. rookskerm سِتار من الدُّخان димна завеса kouřová clona røgslør der Rauchvorhang προπέτασμα καπνού cortina de humo suitsukate دود استتار savuverho écran de fumée מָסָך עָשָן धूम पट dimna zavjesa, umjetna magla füstfüggöny tirai asap reykskÿ cortina fumogena 煙幕 (군대용) 연막 dūmų uždanga dūmu aizsegs tirai asap rookgordijn røykteppe zasłona dymna cortina de fumaça perdea de fum дымовая завеса dymová clona dimna zavesa dimna zavesa rökridå ระเบิดควัน duman perdesi 煙幕 димова завіса فوجی کارروائیوں کو خفیہ رکھنے کے لیے چھوڑا جانے والا دھوئیں کا بادل màn khói, màn hỏa mù 烟幕

2 something intended to conceal one's activities etc. rookskerm شَيْءٌ يُقْصَدُ به إخْفاء نَشاط الشَّخْص прен. димна завеса kouřová clona røgslør der Vorhang προπέτασμα, πρόσχημα cortina de humo varjamine, hämamine لفافه hämäys écran de fumée מָסָך עָשָן कोई गतिविधि छिपाने के लिए कुछ करना dimna zavjesa, paravan ködösítés selubung reykskÿ cortina fumogena 偽装 위장 maskuotė aizsegs; maskēšanās selubung rookgordijn tåkelegging kamuflaż cortina de fumaça acoperire дымовая завеса dymová clona dimna zavesa dimna zavesa rökridå สิ่งที่ใช้ปกปิดปิดการเคลื่อนที่ gerçeği gizleyen şey 放煙幕 димова завіса کسی کارروائی پر پردہ ڈالنے کی کوشش điều nhằm mục đích che đậy, lừa dối 放烟幕

go up in smoke

1 to be completely destroyed by fire The whole house went up in smoke. deur brand vernietig يَشْتَعِل، تأكُلُه النّيران изгарям úplně vyhořet gå op i røg in Feuer aufgehen αποτεφρώνομαι, γίνομαι παρανάλωμα του πυρός hacerse humo/cenizas, ser consumido por las llamas maatasa maha põlema سوختن palaa poroiksi brûler complètement לְהִישָׂרֵף כָּלִיל आग में सब कुछ नष्ट हो जाना potpuno izgorjeti leég habis terbakar brenna til kaldra kola andare in fumo 焼け尽きる 소진되다 sudegti, pavirsti dūmais/pelenais būt dūmu/liesmu apņemtam terbakar gå opp i røyk pójść z dymem ser consumido pelas chamas com­plet ars сгореть úplne vyhorieť zgoreti izgoreti gå upp i rök ถูกทำลายด้วยไฟ yanıp kül olmak 被燒光 згоріти آگ سے تباہ ہو جانا đốt cháy hoàn toàn 被烧光

2 to vanish very quickly leaving nothing behind All his plans have gone up in smoke. verdwyn تَذْهَبُ أدراجَ الرِّياح، تَخْتَفي безрезултатен съм rozplynout se v dým gå op i røg sich in Rauch auflösen γίνομαι καπνός, εξανεμίζομαι esfumarse, fracasar, venir abajo, malograrse tuulde lendama, haihtuma دود شدن و به هوا رفتن haihtua savuna ilmaan partir en fumée לַעֲלוֹת בַּתוֹהוּ बिना कोई सुराग छोड़े गायब हो जाना izjaloviti se, rasplinuti se füstbe megy lenyap verða að engu andare in fumo 消える 흔적도 없이 사라지다 išnykti kaip dūmams izkūpēt kā dūmiem habis terbakar als rook vervliegen gå opp i røyk spalić na panewce esfumar-se a dis­pă­rea în ceaţă без следа исчезнуть;кончиться ничем rozplynúť sa ako dym razbliniti se propasti gå upp i rök หายไปอย่างรวดเร็ว sonuçsuz kalmak, havaya uçmak 化為烏有 вивітрюватися ناکام رہنا tan thành mây khói 化为乌有