Collins English-English Dictionary

smoke [sməυk]

1. 1. n the product of combustion, consisting of fine particles of carbon carried by hot gases and air

2. 2. n any cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

3. 3. n

4. 4. n the act of smoking tobacco or other substances, esp in a pipe or as a cigarette or cigar

5. 5. n the duration of smoking such substances

6. 6. n

7. 7. n [informal] a cigarette or cigar

8. 8. n a substance for smoking, such as pipe tobacco or marijuana

9. 9. n something with no concrete or lasting substance

   everything turned to smoke

10. 10. n a thing or condition that obscures

11. 11. n any of various colours similar to that of smoke, esp a dark grey with a bluish, yellowish, or greenish tinge

12. 12. vi. [intr] to emit smoke or the like, sometimes excessively or in the wrong place

13. 13. vi.

14. 14. vi. to draw in on (a burning cigarette, etc) and exhale the smoke

15. 15. vi. to use tobacco for smoking

16. 16. vi. [intr] [slang] to use marijuana for smoking

17. 17. vt. [tr] to bring (oneself) into a specified state by smoking

18. 18. vt. [tr] to subject or expose to smoke

19. 19. vt. [tr] to cure (meat, fish, cheese, etc) by treating with smoke

20. 20. vt. [tr] to fumigate or purify the air of (rooms, etc)

21. 21. vt. [tr] to darken (glass, etc) by exposure to smoke

22. 22. vi. [intr] [slang] to move, drive, ride, etc, very fast

23. 23. vt. [tr] [obsolete] to tease or mock

24. 24. vt. [tr] [archaic] to suspect or detect

25. 25. vt. See also smoke out

26. 26. vt. [Etymology] Old English smoca (n); related to Middle Dutch smieken to emit smoke