Meaning

13 senses

  1. (uncountable)The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

    Rauch, Qualm, Ràuich

    дымdym, чадčad

    димdym

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

  2. (colloquial, countable)A cigarette.

    Can I bum a smoke off you?

    I need to go buy some smokes.

    ку́ревоkúrevo

  3. (colloquial, uncountable)Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)

    Hey, you got some smoke?

    street names for marijuana

  4. (colloquial, countable)An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.

    I'm going out for a smoke.

    куре́ниеkurénije

    the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

  5. (figuratively, uncountable)A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.

    The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.

  6. (figuratively, uncountable)Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.

    The smoke of controversy.

  7. (uncountable)A light grey color tinted with blue.

  8. (slang, uncountable)Bother, trouble; problems; hassle.

    You better not be giving me no smoke.

  9. Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of:

    (countable, uncountable)Opaque aerosol released on a battlefield, used e.g. to signal or to degrade enemy observation via smokescreen.

  10. (countable, uncountable)Pollen scattered by a plant.

  11. (countable, uncountable)Mist, fog, or drizzle; water vapour, such as from exhalation into cold air.

  12. (countable, slang, uncountable)A fastball.

Examples

1408 sentences

  1. You used to smoke, didn't you?

    Ти колись палив, так? — deniko

    ruТы ведь раньше курил, да? — marafon

    deFrüher hast du geraucht, nicht wahr? — xtofu80

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  2. Would you mind if I smoke?

    Ви не проти, якщо я закурю? — aandrusiak

    ruНе возражаете, если я закурю? — jnya

    deStört es Sie, wenn ich rauche? — MUIRIEL

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  3. You can't smoke in this room.

    У цій кімнаті не можна палити. — deniko

    ruВам нельзя курить в этой комнате. — sharptoothed

    deDu darfst in diesem Zimmer nicht rauchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom promised not to smoke anymore.

    Том пообіцяв більше не палити. — deniko

    ruТом пообещал больше не курить. — marafon

    deTom hat versprochen, nicht mehr zu rauchen. — wolfgangth

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  5. Aren't you too young to smoke?

    Ви не занадто молоді, щоб палити? — deniko

    ruТы не слишком мал, чтобы курить? — whatnot

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
visible particles and vapour given off by burning material:
Русский
By meaning 4
colour:
visible particles and vapour given off by burning material:
colloquial: cigarette:
colloquial: instance of smoking:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
visible particles and vapour given off by burning material:

Origin

From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke”), probably a derivative of the

From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke”), probably a derivative of the verb (see below). Related to Dutch smook (“smoke”), Middle Low German smôk (“smoke”), German Schmauch (“smoke (from a gun barrel)”).

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Forms

plural: smokes
Singularsmoke
Pluralsmokes

regular

Synonyms

61 synonyms
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Close in meaning

Word family

114 related words
Relatedsmogsmokosmoky quartzsmoky
DerivedsmokestackB2antismokebesmokebig smokeblack smokeblow smokecigar smokecoal-smokedeliberate smokedevil smokeearth smokefiresmokeflower-smokefrost smokegunsmokeholy smokeliquid smokemagic smokeoilsmokepeat-smokepipesmokepop smokeprairie smokescreening smoke

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • smoke a cigarette
  • used to smoke
  • not to smoke
  • smoke a lot
  • smoke in here
  • smell smoke
  • smoke too much
  • drink or smoke
  • cigarette smoke
  • smoke anymore
  • smoke in this
  • supposed to smoke

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smocksmogsmokelesssmokerB1smokingA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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