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smoke

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: smoke

1
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a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
emit a cloud of fine particles
2
n
an indication of some hidden activity
3
n
something with no concrete substance
4
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tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
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n
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: smoke
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n a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

Synonyms:
fume
Types:
gun smoke
smoke created by the firing of guns
smother
a stifling cloud of smoke
Type of:
aerosol
a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

n 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”
Synonyms:
smoking
Type of:
evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour
the process of becoming a vapor

v emit a cloud of fine particles

Synonyms:
fume
Type of:
emit, give off, give out
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
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n an indication of some hidden activity

“with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere”
Type of:
indicant, indication
something that serves to indicate or suggest
3

n something with no concrete substance

“his dreams all turned to smoke
“it was just smoke and mirrors”
Type of:
insubstantiality
lacking substance or reality
4

n tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder

Synonyms:
roll of tobacco
Types:
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cigar
a roll of tobacco for smoking
butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
cheroot
a cigar with both ends cut flat
cigarillo
small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper
claro
a cigar made with light-colored tobacco
corona
a long cigar with blunt ends
cubeb, cubeb cigarette
a cigarette containing cubeb
filter-tipped cigarette
a cigarette with a filter tip
joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick
marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
panatela, panetela, panetella
a long slender cigar
stogie, stogy
a cheap cigar
Type of:
baccy, tobacco
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

n the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

“he went outside for a smoke
Synonyms:
smoking
Types:
puffing
blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
Type of:
breathing, 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 exhalation

n street names for marijuana

Synonyms:
Mary Jane, dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, pot, sens, sess, skunk, weed
Type of:
cannabis, 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

v inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

“We never smoked marijuana”
“Do you smoke?”
Types:
chain-smoke
smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
puff, whiff
smoke and exhale strongly
inhale
draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
Type of:
consume, have, ingest, take, take in
serve oneself to, or consume regularly
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n (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

“he showed batters nothing but smoke
Synonyms:
bullet, fastball, heater, hummer
Types:
slider
a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
Type of:
delivery, pitch
(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
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