smoke
Other forms: smoking; smoked; smokes
The hazy gray cloud that floats in the air when something burns is smoke. Smoke is made up of tiny carbon particles. If you get lost in the woods, you can use the smoke from your campfire to guide you back to your tent — or you can just use the GPS on your smartphone.
The saying "where there's smoke there's fire” means that there's always a reason for a rumor. The saying is literally true as well—when you set something on fire, it will begin to smoke. When something "goes up in smoke," it's either destroyed by fire or ruined as though it's been burned: "My dreams of being a magician went up in smoke after that rabbit trick went awry."
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a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
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a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
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emit a cloud of fine particles
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an indication of some hidden activity
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something with no concrete substance“his dreams all turned to smoke”“it was just smoke and mirrors”type of:insubstantialitylacking substance or reality
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tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylindersynonyms: roll of tobacco
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the act of smoking tobacco or other substancessynonyms: smokingtypes:puffingblowing tobacco smoke out into the airtype of:breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilationthe bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
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street names for marijuana
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inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
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(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
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The words on this list do not denote color in and of themselves, but you can (and should) use them that way. They'll brighten your writing and make your descriptions more visually specific -- think apple green as opposed to bright green.
