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smoke
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- pronunciation:
- smok
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- go up in smoke, smoke out
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the visible, usu. black or gray gases or vapor emitted by a burning or smoldering substance.
The papers caught fire and soon the room was filled with flames and smoke.
- similar words:
- miasma
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| definition 2: |
something that is similar to this, such as a chemical vapor or cloud.
The class science experiment produced some smoke. |
| definition 3: |
something intangible, unsubstantial, or elusive.
His visions of glory were nothing but smoke. |
| definition 4: |
the act or an instance of smoking tobacco.
They went outside for a smoke. |
| definition 5: |
(informal) any tobacco product that can be smoked, such as a cigarette or cigar.
Got any smokes? |
| definition 6: |
something that hides or obscures.
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| related words: |
cloud, fume, vapor |
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| phrase: |
go up in smoke |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
smokes, smoking, smoked |
| definition 1: |
to give off smoke or a vapor or gas that resembles smoke.
Although the fire was out, the forest still smoked.The oven smokes at very high temperatures.- similar words:
- fume
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| definition 2: |
to inhale and exhale from a lit cigarette, cigar, pipe, or the like.
She always smokes after dinner.He coughs all the time, but he still smokes.
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| definition 3: |
(slang) to go or play very fast or energetically.
The band was really smoking on that last tune. |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to inhale and exhale the smoke of (a lit cigarette, cigar, or the like).
My father always smoked a pipe. |
| definition 2: |
to preserve and flavor (food) by treating with the smoke of burning wood.
We smoked the ham with hickory wood. |
| definition 3: |
to darken or blacken (glass) by exposing to smoke.
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| related words: |
blacken, cure, fume, preserve, process |
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| phrase: |
smoke out |
| derivation: |
smokable (smokeable) (adj.) |
Word Builder: smoke +
- smoke detector:
a machine for detecting smoke.
- smoker:
a person who smokes cigarettes.
- smoking:
the habit of using cigarettes.
- smokestack:
a large, tall pipe that carries off smoke from a factory.
- smoky:
full of smoke from cigarettes or something else.
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