smoke

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: smoke

1	n v	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	n v	tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
5	n	(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: smoke

Types:: gun smoke
smoke created by the firing of guns; smother
a stifling cloud of smoke

“the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles”

Type of:: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour
the process of becoming a vapor

Type of:: emit, give off, give out
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

“with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere”

“his dreams all turned to smoke”

“it was just smoke and mirrors”

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; 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

“he went outside for a smoke”

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

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

“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

“he showed batters nothing but smoke”

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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