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S0498500 (smōk)n.1. a. A mixture of gases and small suspended particles of soot or other solids, resulting from the burning of materials such as wood or coal.b. A cloud of such gases and suspended particles.c. A vapor, mist, or fume that resembles this.2. Something insubstantial, unreal, or transitory: "What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion" (Henry David Thoreau).3. a. The act of smoking a form of tobacco: went out for a smoke.b. The duration of this act.4. Informal Tobacco in a form that can be smoked, especially a cigarette: money to buy smokes.5. A substance used in warfare to produce a smokescreen.6. Something used to conceal or obscure.7. A pale to grayish blue to bluish or dark gray.8. Baseball Pitches thrown at high velocity; fast balls: threw a lot of smoke in the early innings.v. smoked, smok·ing, smokes v.intr.1. a. To draw in and exhale smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe: It's forbidden to smoke here.b. To engage in smoking regularly or habitually: He smoked for years before stopping.2. To emit smoke or a smokelike substance: chimneys smoking in the cold air.3. To emit smoke excessively: The station wagon smoked even after the tune-up.4. Slang a. To go or proceed at high speed.b. To play or perform energetically: The band was really smoking in the second set.v.tr.1. a. To draw in and exhale the smoke of (tobacco, for example): I've never smoked a panatela.b. To do so regularly or habitually: I used to smoke filtered cigarettes.2. To preserve (meat or fish) by exposure to the aromatic smoke of burning hardwood, usually after pickling in salt or brine.3. a. To fumigate (a house, for example).b. To expose (animals, especially insects) to smoke in order to immobilize or drive away.4. To expose (glass) to smoke in order to darken or change its color.5. Slang a. To kill; murder.b. To defeat decisively, as in a competition.6. Baseball To throw (a pitch) at high velocity.Phrasal Verb: smoke out1. To force out of a place of hiding or concealment by or as if by the use of smoke.2. To detect and bring to public view; expose or reveal: smoke out a scandal.Idioms: go up in smoke1. To be destroyed by fire.2. To experience complete failure in an attempt to do or achieve something: Our plans to open a bakery went up in smoke when we were unable to secure funding. smoke and mirrors Something that deceives or distorts the truth: Your explanation is nothing but smoke and mirrors.

[Middle English, from Old English smoca.]

smok′a·ble, smoke′a·ble adj.

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(sməʊk) n1. (Chemistry) the product of combustion, consisting of fine particles of carbon carried by hot gases and air2. (Chemistry) any cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas3. (Brewing) a. the act of smoking tobacco or other substances, esp in a pipe or as a cigarette or cigarb. the duration of smoking such substances4. (Brewing) informal a. a cigarette or cigarb. a substance for smoking, such as pipe tobacco or marijuana5. something with no concrete or lasting substance: everything turned to smoke. 6. a thing or condition that obscures7. (Colours) any of various colours similar to that of smoke, esp a dark grey with a bluish, yellowish, or greenish tinge8. go up in smoke end up in smoke a. to come to nothingb. to burn up vigorouslyc. to flare up in angervb9. (intr) to emit smoke or the like, sometimes excessively or in the wrong place10. (Brewing) a. to draw in on (a burning cigarette, etc) and exhale the smokeb. to use tobacco for smoking11. (Recreational Drugs) (intr) slang to use marijuana for smoking12. (tr) to bring (oneself) into a specified state by smoking13. (tr) to subject or expose to smoke14. (Cookery) (tr) to cure (meat, fish, cheese, etc) by treating with smoke15. (tr) to fumigate or purify the air of (rooms, etc)16. (Ceramics) (tr) to darken (glass, etc) by exposure to smoke17. (intr) slang to move, drive, ride, etc, very fast18. (tr) obsolete to tease or mock19. (tr) archaic to suspect or detect[Old English smoca (n); related to Middle Dutch smieken to emit smoke] ˈsmokable, ˈsmokeable adj

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n., v. smoked, smok•ing. n. 1. the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning substance, esp. the mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood or other organic matter. 2. something resembling this, as vapor or mist. 3. something unsubstantial, fleeting, or without result. 4. an obscuring condition: the smoke of controversy. 5. an act or spell of smoking something, esp. tobacco. 6. something for smoking, as a cigarette. 7. Physics, Chem. a system of solid particles suspended in a gaseous medium. 8. a bluish or brownish gray. v.i. 9. to give off or emit smoke, as in burning. 10. to give out smoke offensively or improperly, as a stove. 11. to send forth steam or vapor, dust, or the like. 12. to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of tobacco or the like, as from a pipe or cigarette. 13. Slang. to move or travel with great speed. v.t. 14. to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of: to smoke tobacco. 15. to use (a pipe, cigarette, etc.) in this process. 16. to expose to smoke. 17. to fumigate (rooms, furniture, etc.). 18. to cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke. 19. to color or darken by smoke. 20. smoke out, a. to drive from a refuge by means of smoke. b. to force into public view or knowledge; expose. Idioms: 1. blow smoke, a. to speak deceitfully or misleadingly. b. to boast; exaggerate. 2. go up in smoke, to terminate without producing a result; be unsuccessful. [before 1000; (n.) Middle English; Old English smoca, akin to Middle Dutch smoock, Middle High German smouch; (v.) Middle English smoken, Old English smocian] smok′a•ble, smoke′a•ble, adj. smoke′less, adj.

smoke

(smōk) A mixture of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases, usually containing particles of soot or other solids, produced by the burning of carbon-containing materials such as wood or coal.

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See also fire.
capnomancya form of divination involving smoke.empyromancya form of divination involving fire and smoke.fuliginosity1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky.
2. soot or smoke. — fuliginous, adj.

smoke

Past participle: smoked
Gerund: smoking

Imperative
smoke
smoke

Present
I smoke
you smoke
he/she/it smokes
we smoke
you smoke
they smoke

Preterite
I smoked
you smoked
he/she/it smoked
we smoked
you smoked
they smoked

Present Continuous
I am smoking
you are smoking
he/she/it is smoking
we are smoking
you are smoking
they are smoking

Present Perfect
I have smoked
you have smoked
he/she/it has smoked
we have smoked
you have smoked
they have smoked

Past Continuous
I was smoking
you were smoking
he/she/it was smoking
we were smoking
you were smoking
they were smoking

Past Perfect
I had smoked
you had smoked
he/she/it had smoked
we had smoked
you had smoked
they had smoked

Future
I will smoke
you will smoke
he/she/it will smoke
we will smoke
you will smoke
they will smoke

Future Perfect
I will have smoked
you will have smoked
he/she/it will have smoked
we will have smoked
you will have smoked
they will have smoked

Future Continuous
I will be smoking
you will be smoking
he/she/it will be smoking
we will be smoking
you will be smoking
they will be smoking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been smoking
you have been smoking
he/she/it has been smoking
we have been smoking
you have been smoking
they have been smoking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been smoking
you will have been smoking
he/she/it will have been smoking
we will have been smoking
you will have been smoking
they will have been smoking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been smoking
you had been smoking
he/she/it had been smoking
we had been smoking
you had been smoking
they had been smoking

Conditional
I would smoke
you would smoke
he/she/it would smoke
we would smoke
you would smoke
they would smoke

Past Conditional
I would have smoked
you would have smoked
he/she/it would have smoked
we would have smoked
you would have smoked
they would have smoked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	smoke - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gasfumeaerosol - a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gasgun smoke - smoke created by the firing of gunssmother - a stifling cloud of smoke
	2.	smoke - 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"smokingevaporation, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour, vapor - the process of becoming a vapor
	3.	smoke - an indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"indicant, indication - something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
	4.	smoke - something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"insubstantiality - lacking substance or realitycolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	5.	smoke - tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinderroll of tobaccocigar - a roll of tobacco for smokingcigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag, butt - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smokingbaccy, tobacco - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
	6.	smoke - street names for marijuana dope, gage, green goddess, sens, sess, Mary Jane, locoweed, skunk, weed, grass, potcannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
	7.	smoke - the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"smokingbreathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation - the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalationpuffing - blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing"drag, pull, puff - a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
	8.	smoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"fastball, heater, hummer, bulletpitch, delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batterslider - a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrownbaseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Verb	1.	smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"chain-smoke - smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding onepuff, whiff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"inhale - draw deep into the lungs in by breathing; "Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled"
	2.	smoke - emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"fumegive out, emit, give off - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"

smoke

noun1. fumes The air was thick with cigarette smoke.2. cigarette, fag (Brit. informal), ciggie (Brit. informal) Someone went out for a smoke.verb1. smoulder, fume, emit smoke The rubble was still smoking.2. puff on, draw on, inhale, drag on (informal) He didn't argue, he just quietly smoked a cigarette.3. preserve The fish was being smoked.go up in smoke come to nothing, vanish, be shattered, be ruined Their dreams had gone up in smoke.smoke something or someone out detect, find, catch, reveal, discover, expose, disclose, uncover, track down, unmask new technology to smoke out tax evadersQuotations
"As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake" [Mark Twain 70th birthday speech]

Translations

冒烟烟烟灰熏制吸烟

smoke

(sməuk) noun1. the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning. Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face. 烟，烟灰 2. an act of smoking (a cigarette etc). I came outside for a smoke.抽烟 verb1. to give off smoke. 冒烟2. to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc). I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.吸烟3. to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke. 熏制（肉等） smoked adjective treated with smoke. smoked cheese.熏制的ˈsmokeless adjective1. allowing no smoke. Our part of the town is a smokeless zone.禁烟的2. burning without smoke. smokeless fuel.无烟的ˈsmoker noun a person who smokes cigarettes etc. When did you become a smoker?; He's a pipe-smoker.吸烟者ˈsmoking noun the habit of smoking cigarettes etc. He has given up cigarette-smoking at last; Smoking can damage your health.吸烟ˈsmoky adjective1. filled with, or giving out (too much) smoke. The atmosphere in the room was thick and smoky.烟雾弥漫的2. like smoke in appearance etc. 烟状的

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noun 烟雾性，烟熏程度 smoke detector a device in a building which sounds a fire alarm when smoke passes through it. 烟火警报器ˈsmokescreen noun1. a cloud of smoke used to conceal the movements of troops etc. 烟幕2. something intended to conceal one's activities etc. 放烟幕go up in smoke1. to be completely destroyed by fire. The whole house went up in smoke.被烧光2. to vanish very quickly leaving nothing behind. All his plans have gone up in smoke.化为乌有

smoke

→ 冒烟zhCN, 烟zhCN

Where can I smoke? → 哪儿能抽烟？
My room smells like smoke (US)
My room smells of smoke (UK) → 我的房间烟味很大
Do you mind if I smoke? → 我抽烟您介意吗？
Do you smoke? → 您抽烟吗？

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smoke,

visible gaseous product of incomplete combustion. Smoke varies with its source, but it usually comprises hot gas and suspended particles of carbon and tarry substances, or soot. To reduce the amount of smoke entering the atmosphere, air pollutionair pollution,
contamination of the air by noxious gases and minute particles of solid and liquid matter (particulates) in concentrations that endanger health. The major sources of air pollution are transportation engines, power and heat generation, industrial processes, and the
..... Click the link for more information. laws generally require that power plants, factories, and other large combustion facilities burn anthracite (hard) coal, natural gas, or low-sulfur fuel oil rather than bituminous (soft) coal or high-sulfur fuel oil, and that smokestacks be equipped with scrubbers or other devices. Proper firing techniques and equipment can eliminate or greatly reduce the smoke produced by any fuel. Wood gives little smoke if burned when dry and if the fire is given a good supply of air. Where it is necessary to use soft coal because of its lower cost or because other fuel is not available, the grate and flue must be built to insure maximum combustion, the coal supply must be carefully regulated, and adequate air must be supplied. There are various ways of reducing the amount of smoke escaping into the air. Some methods utilize electricity or sound waves for precipitation of the suspended particles, others employ chemicals; the method using an electric current at high potential is perhaps best known. Smoke precipitates may yield valuable byproducts; for example, fly ash can be used as a construction material. Among the evils of smoke are interference with sunlight, causing the most healthful rays of the sun to be filtered out and necessitating the use of artificial light; disfigurement of buildings, leaving deposits that are costly to remove and causing corrosion of stone and metalwork; destruction of plant life by shutting out sunlight and by clogging the stomata of leaves with oily deposits; and injury to the respiratory systems of humans and livestock. Tobacco smoke, in particular, is known to be related to cancer of the lungs and other organs (see smokingsmoking,
inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco in cigars and cigarettes and pipes. Some persons draw the smoke into their lungs; others do not. Smoking was probably first practiced by the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere.
..... Click the link for more information. ). In addition to such damages, smoke also represents a waste of energy, as imperfect combustion dissipates potential heat into the atmosphere. Smoke particles and other air pollutants are often trapped in the atmosphere by a combination of environmental circumstances (see temperature inversiontemperature inversion,
condition in which the temperature of the atmosphere increases with altitude in contrast to the normal decrease with altitude. When temperature inversion occurs, cold air underlies warmer air at higher altitudes.
..... Click the link for more information. ), forming smogsmog
[smoke+fog], dense, visible air pollution. Smog is commonly of two types. The gray smog of older industrial cities like London and New York derives from the massive combustion of coal and fuel oil in or near the city, releasing tons of ashes, soot, and sulfur
..... Click the link for more information. . Paris early passed stringent laws in an effort to preserve architectural and sculptural monuments, and most U.S. cities had smoke-nuisance laws before air pollution regulations were put into effect. Smoke-nuisance laws are difficult to enforce and often are not applicable to existing residential heating units, although these are often important contributors to pollution. In order to comply with federal air pollution standards many cities have now adopted building codes that require minimally polluting heating units in new buildings and that forbid the use of incinerators.

Smoke

a persistent dispersed system consisting of fine, solid particles in suspension in gases. Smoke is a typical aerosol with hard particles ranging from 10⁻⁷ to 10⁻⁵ m in size. As distinguished from dust (a more crudely dispersed system), smoke particles generally do not settle under the influence of gravity. Particles of smoke may serve as nuclei of condensation of atmospheric moisture, as a result of which fog develops. Smoke is produced, specifically, during combustion of fuel, for example, in furnaces of thermal electric power plants and various industrial units, and during fires, especially forest fires. Such smoke may contain large particles of unburned fuel and ashes, metallic oxides, soot, and tar. If flue gases are poorly cleaned, the immediate environment is polluted, the microclimate deteriorates, fog is formed, and natural illumination is reduced.

Smoke has a deleterious effect on man’s health, contributing to the development of such diseases as catarrhs of the upper respiratory tracts, bronchitis, and fibrous changes in the lungs. The presence of condensates of heavy metals (lead, mercury) in smoke causes blood changes and retardation in the physical development of children. Certain components of smoke contain carcinogenic substances, that is, those contributing to the development of tumors. Large particles, in entering the eye, damage the cornea and mucous membrane.

In order to combat smoke the heat and gas supply of enterprises and populated areas is centralized. In the USSR maximum permissible concentrations of noxious substances in the atmosphere have been established. Health-protection zones are being established, as are gas purification facilities. The decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of May 29, 1949, prohibits the operation of units that pollute the air without providing for purification of industrial emissions.

At the same time pesticide smoke is being employed in agriculture. Smoke produced in smoke generators is used in the curing of food products. Smoke is also utilized in military actions for smoke screens. Certain toxins are used in smoke form; special smoke filters are installed in gas masks for protection against these toxins.

REFERENCE

Rukovodstvo po kommunal’noi gigiene, vol. 1. Edited by F. G. Krotkov. Moscow, 1961.

N. IU. TARASENKO

What does it mean when you dream about smoke?

To be surrounded by smoke in a dream indicates that the dreamer is suffering from confusion and anxiety. Often a dreamer will be choked and disoriented suggesting the need to “clear things up.”

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[smōk] (engineering) Dispersions of finely divided (0.01-5.0 micrometers) solids or liquids in a gaseous medium.

smoke

1. An air suspension of particles, usually but not necessarily solid. 2. Carbon or soot particles less than 0.1 micron in size which result from the incomplete combustion of carbonaceous materials such as coal and oil.

smoke

As used in meteorology, it is small particles of carbonaceous material suspended in the air, which restrict visibility. The extent of obscurity is dependent on the amount of smoke particles and humidity, as the former serve as nuclei for the latter. Smoke is a residue from combustion.

smoke

1. the product of combustion, consisting of fine particles of carbon carried by hot gases and air 2. any cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas 3. a. the act of smoking tobacco or other substances, esp in a pipe or as a cigarette or cigar b. the duration of smoking such substances 4. Informala. a cigarette or cigar b. a substance for smoking, such as pipe tobacco or marijuana 5. any of various colours similar to that of smoke, esp a dark grey with a bluish, yellowish, or greenish tinge

smoke

(1)To crash or blow up, usually spectacularly. "The newversion smoked, just like the last one." Used for bothhardware (where it often describes an actual physical event),and software (where it's merely colourful).

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(2)[Automotive slang] To be conspicuously fast. "Thatprocessor really smokes." Compare magic smoke.

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noun fumes

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noun cigarette

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verb smoulder

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verb puff on

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verb preserve

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phrase go up in smoke

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phrase smoke something or someone out

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noun a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

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noun a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

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noun an indication of some hidden activity

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noun something with no concrete substance

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noun tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder

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noun street names for marijuana

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noun the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

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noun (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

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verb inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

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verb emit a cloud of fine particles

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