smoke

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[change] Pronunciation

• enPR: smōk
• IPA: /sməʊk/
• SAMPA: /sm@Uk/
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[change] Noun

Singular smoke

Plural smokes

1. (uncountable) Smoke is the gray or black substance that goes up into the air when something burns.

   The smoke from that factory is making me sick.

2. (slang); (countable) A cigarette.

[change] Verb

Plain form smoke

Third-person singular smokes

Past tense smoked

Past participle smoked

Present participle smoking

1. (transitive & intransitive) If somebody is smoking, they are breathing in smoke, usually from a cigarette.

   Excuse me, you can't smoke in the restaurant.

2. (intransitive) If something is smoking, it is making smoke.

   The fire's still smoking. You'd better put some more water on it.