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noun
1.
the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
2.
something resembling this, as vapor or mist, flying particles, etc.
3.
something unsubstantial, evanescent, or without result:
Their hopes and dreams proved to be smoke.
4.
an obscuring condition:
the smoke of controversy.
5.
an act or spell of smoking something, especially tobacco:
They had a smoke during the intermission.
6.
something for smoking, as a cigar or cigarette:
This is the best smoke on the market.
7.
Slang. marijuana.
8.
Slang. a homemade drink consisting of denatured alcohol and water.
9.
Physics, Chemistry. a system of solid particles suspended in a gaseous medium.
10.
a bluish or brownish gray color.
verb (used without object), smoked, smoking.
11.
to give off or emit smoke, as in burning.
12.
to give out smoke offensively or improperly, as a stove.
13.
to send forth steam or vapor, dust, or the like.
14.
to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of tobacco or the like, as from a pipe or cigarette.
15.
Slang. to ride or travel with great speed.
16.
Australian.

to flee.
to abscond.

verb (used with object), smoked, smoking.
17.
to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of:
to smoke tobacco.
18.
to use (a pipe, cigarette, etc.) in this process.
19.
to expose to smoke.
20.
to fumigate (rooms, furniture, etc.).
21.
to cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke.
22.
to color or darken by smoke.
Verb phrases
23.
smoke out,

to drive from a refuge by means of smoke.
to force into public view or knowledge; reveal:
to smoke out the leaders of the spy ring.

Idioms
24.
go up / end in smoke, to terminate without producing a result; be unsuccessful:
All our dreams went up in smoke.
noun
1.
the product of combustion, consisting of fine particles of carbon carried by hot gases and air
2.
any cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
3.

the act of smoking tobacco or other substances, esp in a pipe or as a cigarette or cigar
the duration of smoking such substances

4.
(informal)

a cigarette or cigar
a substance for smoking, such as pipe tobacco or marijuana

5.
something with no concrete or lasting substance: everything turned to smoke
6.
a thing or condition that obscures
7.
any of various colours similar to that of smoke, esp a dark grey with a bluish, yellowish, or greenish tinge
8.
go up in smoke, end up in smoke

to come to nothing
to burn up vigorously
to flare up in anger

verb
9.
(intransitive) to emit smoke or the like, sometimes excessively or in the wrong place
10.

to draw in on (a burning cigarette, etc) and exhale the smoke
to use tobacco for smoking

11.
(intransitive) (slang) to use marijuana for smoking
12.
(transitive) to bring (oneself) into a specified state by smoking
13.
(transitive) to subject or expose to smoke
14.
(transitive) to cure (meat, fish, cheese, etc) by treating with smoke
15.
(transitive) to fumigate or purify the air of (rooms, etc)
16.
(transitive) to darken (glass, etc) by exposure to smoke
17.
(intransitive) (slang) to move, drive, ride, etc, very fast
18.
(transitive) (obsolete) to tease or mock
19.
(transitive) (archaic) to suspect or detect
noun
1.
the Smoke, short for Big Smoke
smoke
(smōk)
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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