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smoke
verb
B1
UK /sməʊk/ US /smoʊk/
To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette or cigar, burning material in a pipe, etc.
transitive
To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
intransitive
To give off smoke.
intransitive
To give off smoke.
Of a fire in a fireplace, to emit smoke outward instead of up the chimney, owing to imperfect draught.
intransitive
Of tobacco: to give off or produce smoke (in a certain manner or of a certain type).
intransitive
To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
transitive
To dry or medicate by smoke.
transitive
To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully.
intransitive, slang
To beat someone at something; to be very good at something.
slang
To snuff out; to kill, especially with a gun.
slang, transitive
To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
To suffer severely; to be punished.
To punish (a person) for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
US, slang, transitive
To cover (a key blank) with soot or carbon to aid in seeing the marks made by impressioning.
transitive
Forms
he/she/it
smokes
-ing form
smoking
past
smoked
past participle
smoked
Example sentences
1110 results
You smoke far too much. You should cut back.
Tatoeba
I forbid you to smoke.
Tatoeba
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smoke
The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
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