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I UK [sməʊk] / US [smoʊk] noun
Word forms "smoke":
singular smoke plural smokes

1) [uncountable] a grey, black, or white cloud produced by something that is burning

The air was thick with cigarette smoke.

a column/pall/cloud of smoke (= a large quantity):

A column of black smoke slowly rose above the building.

Exploding rockets sent up clouds of smoke.

2)

a) [countable, usually singular] the process of smoking something, especially a cigarette

I'm just going out for a smoke.

b) [countable] informal a cigarette

Have a smoke.

3) the Smoke

British informal London, or any other large city

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- go up in smoke

- there's no smoke without fire

II UK [sməʊk] / US [smoʊk] verb
Word forms "smoke":
present tense I/you/we/they smoke he/she/it smokes present participle smoking past tense smoked past participle smoked

1)

a) [intransitive/transitive] to suck smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc into your mouth and lungs

Phil was reading the paper and smoking a cigarette.

b) to smoke cigarettes as a regular habit

I didn't know you smoked!

She smokes about 20 a day.

smoke heavily:

Jane started smoking heavily as her job became more stressful.

2)

a) [intransitive, usually progressive] to produce smoke

By the time I got to the garage, the engine was smoking alarmingly.

b) if a fire smokes, it produces a lot of smoke

3) [transitive] to preserve and give flavour to fish or other food by hanging it in smoke

Phrasal verbs:

- smoke out