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chain-smokeˈchain-smoke verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEchain-smoke |
Present | I, you, we, they | chain-smoke | | he, she, it | chain-smokes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | chain-smoked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have chain-smoked | | he, she, it | has chain-smoked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had chain-smoked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will chain-smoke | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have chain-smoked |
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Present | I | am chain-smoking | | he, she, it | is chain-smoking | | you, we, they | are chain-smoking | Past | I, he, she, it | was chain-smoking | | you, we, they | were chain-smoking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been chain-smoking | | he, she, it | has been chain-smoking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been chain-smoking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be chain-smoking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been chain-smoking |
- Although he chain-smoked cigarettes, his hands were unstained.
- James sat silently through her speech, chain-smoking.
to smoke a lot► smoke a lot/smoke heavily · When we were students, we all used to smoke a lot.· This disease is more common in people who smoke heavily. ► smoke like a chimney British informal to smoke a lot, especially too much: · She's only thirteen and she already smokes like a chimney. ► chain-smoke to smoke one cigarette after another, without a break: · James sat silently through her speech, chain-smoking.· Although he chain-smoked cigarettes, his hands were unstained. someone who smokes► smoker someone who smokes regularly: · The survey shows that most smokers would like to stop smoking.· The average smoker spends about £35 a week on cigarettes. ► heavy smoker someone who regularly smokes a lot: · He had been a heavy smoker all his life and only stopped when his doctor told him to. ► chain-smoker someone who smokes a lot of cigarettes, and who lights another cigarette immediately after finishing one: · I noticed that the thin, nervous man was a chain-smoker. to smoke cigarettes one immediately after another—chain-smoker noun [countable] |