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smoke
noun
1 a visible cloud given off by a burning substance, and consisting of tiny particles of carbon dispersed in a gas.
2 visible fumes or vapours.
3 a cloud or column of fumes.
4 colloq the act or process of smoking tobacco Got time for a smoke?
5 colloq something that can be smoked, such as a cigarette or cigar.
6 (the Smoke) see the Big Smoke.
verb (smoked , smoking )
1 intr to give off smoke, visible fumes or vapours.
2 tr & intr to inhale and then exhale the smoke from burning tobacco or other substances in (a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc).
3 tr & intr to do this frequently, especially as a habit.
4 to cause oneself to be in a specific state by smoking.
5 to send or release smoke (especially in the wrong direction) Oil lamps have a tendency to smoke .
6 to preserve or flavour (food) by exposing it to smoke.
7 to fumigate or sterilize.
8 to blacken or taint by smoke.
9 to dry with smoke.
[Anglo-Saxon smoca ]
smokable adjective fit or able to be smoked.
go up in smoke
1 to be completely destroyed by fire.
2 colloq said of plans, etc: to come to nothing.
smoke and mirrors colloq the use of deception, especially to achieve one's aims in spite of being in a weak position.
smoke someone or something out
1 to drive them or it out of a place by filling it with smoke.
2 to uncover them or it by persistent searching or investigation.
© Hodder Education

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