smoke
adjective
1. Of the colour known as smoke.
2. Made of or with smoke.
noun
1. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Similar word(s): fume
Definition categories: phenomenon, aerosol
2. a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
- the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
Similar word(s): smoking
Definition categories: process, evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour
3. an indication of some hidden activity
- with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere
Definition categories: communication, indicant, indication
4. something with no concrete substance
- his dreams all turned to smoke
- it was just smoke and mirrors
Definition categories: attribute, insubstantiality
5. tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
Definition categories: man–made, baccy, tobacco
6. street names for marijuana
Similar word(s): dope, gage, grass, locoweed, pot, sens, sess, skunk, weed
Definition categories: man–made, cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana
7. the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
- he went outside for a smoke
Similar word(s): smoking
Definition categories: act, breathing, respiration, ventilation
8. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- he showed batters nothing but smoke
Similar word(s): bullet, fastball, heater, hummer
Definition categories: act, delivery, pitch
Sentences with smoke as a noun:
- Can I bum a smoke off you?;
- I'm going out for a smoke.
- The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
- The smoke of controversy.
- smoke colour:
verb
1. inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
- We never smoked marijuana
- Do you smoke?
Definition categories: consumption, habituate, use
2. emit a cloud of fine particles
Similar word(s): fume
Definition categories: weather, emit
Sentences with smoke as a verb:
- You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.
- He got smoked by the mob.
- We smoked them at rugby.