smoke1 nounsmoke2 verb
smokesmoke1 /sməʊk $ smoʊk/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINsmoke1
Origin:
Old English smocaEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Maybe you could get a smoke off somebody at the bar.
- The smell of cigarette smoke hung in the air.
- We could see a cloud of smoke rising above the trees.
- If you smell smoke, hit the floor, and crawl to the nearest exit.
- Suddenly she wondered if straight Lucy would mind the smoke?
- The smoke drifted to and fro among us.
- The room will very quickly be full of smoke.
- The sky took their smoke, the earth their ashes.
- Then we noticed the smoke everywhere.
- White chimney smoke is the traditional signal that a new pope has been chosen.
Longman Language Activatorto be covered with something
if something is covered in , with , or by something, it has that substance lying all over the top of it or spread all over it: · The ground was covered with snow.· Look at your clothes! They're covered in mud.· His face was covered by a thick black beard with tiny flecks of gray in it.
if an object is coated in or is coated with a liquid or soft substance, it has a layer of that substance all over its surface: · Serve the chicken with new potatoes coated in butter.
especially written to be covered with something thick and hard that is difficult to remove: · He took off his gloves, which were deeply encrusted with dirt.mud/dirt/blood etc encrusted (=covered with mud, dirt, blood etc): · Evan reached into the pocket of his mud-encrusted jacket and drew out a map.
to be covered thickly with something such as mud, especially in a way that looks unpleasant: · He looked at his garden tools, old and plastered with mud.· Her face was plastered in make-up.
to be covered with something thick and hard, especially mud: · The children were caked in mud from head to toe.· When the police found him, his shoes were missing and his hands were caked with dried blood.
be covered and hidden in mist etc -- used especially in literature: · I looked back, but the shore was shrouded in mist.
WORD SETSAC, accessory, nounadapter, nounaerosol, nounalarm, nounarm, nounash, nounattaché case, nounbag, nounbar, nounbarrel, nounbeep, verbbeeswax, nounbell, nounbelly, nounbelt, nounbench, nounbenzine, nounbinding, nounbiro, nounbolt, nounbooth, nounbox, nounbox, verbbrad, nounbriefcase, nounbristle, nounbrolly, nounbrush, nounbucket, nounbuckle, nounbuffer, nounbulb, nounBulldog clip, nounbulletin board, nounbullhorn, nounbung, nounbunting, nounbusiness card, nounbutt, nounbutton, nounbuzzer, nouncable, nouncalling card, nouncan, nouncandle, nouncane, nouncarbon, nouncarbon copy, nouncarbon paper, nouncard, nouncardboard, nouncardboard, adjectivecardboard cut-out, nouncard catalog, nouncarrier, nouncarrier bag, nouncarryall, nouncart, nouncarton, nouncartridge, nouncase, nouncaster, nouncatch, nounCellophane, nouncesspit, nounchain, nounchalice, nounchannel, nounchart, nounchute, nouncitronella, nounclamp, nouncleat, nounclip, nounclipboard, nouncomb, nouncombination lock, nouncompartment, nouncord, nouncrank, nouncrate, nouncrepe paper, nouncycle, noundetector, noundial, noundigital, adjectivedisposable, adjectivedrape, verbdrawing pin, noundryer, noundurable goods, nounDurex, nounearplug, nounelastic band, nouneraser, nouneyelet, nounfabric, nounfelt-tip pen, nounfemale, adjectivefence, nounfiberglass, nounfibreglass, nounfigurine, nounfilament, nounfile, verbFilofax, nounfire extinguisher, nounfirewood, nounfitness, nounflag, nounflagon, nounflagstaff, nounflashlight, nounflat, adjectivefloodlight, nounfoam, nounfoam, verbfog, verbfolder, nounfoolscap, nounforecourt, nounfountain, nounfountain pen, nounframe, nounfunnel, nounfuse, noungadget, noungadgetry, noungargle, verbgas, nounglue, noungoggles, noungold card, noungranny knot, noungravel, noungravelled, adjectivegravelly, adjectivegrease, noungreetings card, noungrommet, noungum, noungun, noungunnysack, noungut, nounhand-held, adjectivehandle, nounhandloom, nounharness, nounhasp, nounhealth, nounhessian, nounhinge, nounhip, nounhoarding, nounhoist, nounholder, nounhook, nounhoop, nounhooter, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhub, nounhygiene, nounhygienic, adjectiveillness, nounindented, adjectiveinflatable, adjectiveingrained, adjectiveink, nouninn, nouninnkeeper, nouninsoluble, adjectiveivory, nounjacket, nounjack-knife, nounjoss stick, nounjuggle, verbkey, nounkeypad, nounkey ring, nounKleenex, nounknife, nounknob, nounlabel, nounladder, nounlantern, nounlatch, nounlatchkey, nounlather, nounlather, verbLCD, nounlead, nounlectern, nounlegal pad, nounlens, nounletterbox, nounlever, nounlibrary, nounlid, nounlidded, adjectivelift, nounlight, nounlight bulb, nounlink, nounlinseed oil, nounlitter bin, nounlock, nounlodestone, nounlog, nounloop, verblost property, nounmagnet, nounmagnetic, adjectivemagnifying glass, nounmale, adjectivemantle, nounmanual, adjectivemarker, nounmarker pen, nounmarket day, nounmast, nounmastic, nounmatchstick, nounmaterial, nounmeter, nounmeths, nounmode, nounmortar, nounmortise lock, nounmould, nounmounting, nounmovement, nounnail, nounnameplate, nounnet, nounnib, nounnipple, nounnon-standard, adjectivenoose, nounnotebook, nounnotepad, nounnoticeboard, nounnozzle, nounnut, nounoil, verboilcan, nounoily, adjectiveorb, nounoutfit, nounoutlet, nounovernight, adverbpack, verbpackage, nounpad, nounpad, verbpadlock, nounpaintwork, nounpantyliner, nounpaper, nounpaperclip, nounpasserby, nounpaste, verbpasteboard, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpattern, nounpaving, nounpearl, nounpen, nounpenknife, nounpicket fence, nounpillbox, nounpince-nez, nounpinhead, nounpipe, nounpix, nounpizza parlor, nounplug, nounpocket, nounpocketbook, nounpocket calculator, nounpocket knife, nounpointer, nounpoison, nounpole, nounportfolio, nounPost-it, nounpowder, nounpowdered, adjectivepropellant, nounpropelling pencil, nounpump-action, adjectivePX, nounquarter, verbrack, nounreceptionist, nounreel, nounrefill, nounreflector, nounrefrigerate, verbregimen, nounreservation, nounreserve, verbsachet, nounsack, nounscratchpad, nounscratch paper, nounscreen, nounsealant, nounsealer, nounsearchlight, nounseason ticket, nounseat, nounself-assembly, adjectiveseptic tank, nounservice, nounservice, verbsetting, nounshade, nounsharpener, nounshovel, nounshovel, verbshovelful, nounsilver paper, nounsiphon, nounslat, nounslice, verbslot machine, nounslug, nounsmoke, nounsoot, nounsort, nounspare part, nounspigot, nounsponge, nounspool, nounspout, nounspray, nounspray can, nounspray paint, nounspring, nounstaff, nounstake, nounstalk, nounstandard, nounstaple, nounstapler, nounstationery, nounsteam, nounsteam clean, verbsteel, nounsteel wool, nounstepladder, nounstick, verbstick, nounsticker, nounstilt, nounstopper, nounstorm lantern, nounstrap, nounstreamer, nounstring, nounstub, nounsucker, nounSuperglue, nounswipe, verbswitch, nounswivel, nountab, nountack, nountag, nountag, verbtank, nountap, nountape, nountassel, nountattle, verbtea break, nounthong, nounthread, nountime-saving, adjectivetinder, nountinderbox, nountissue, nountop, nountote bag, nountowel, verbtray, nountrolley, nountube, nountubing, nountwine, nountwo-way mirror, nounumbrella, nounvent, nounvial, nounwaiting room, nounwasher, nounwaste paper, nounwatch, nounwaterspout, nounwheeled, adjectivewhistle, verbwooden, adjectivewriting paper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + smoke
Jeff used to smoke dope all the time. Paul was drinking heavily by then. One man was treated for smoke inhalation (=when you breathe smoke from a fire). A pall of thick grey smoke hung over the buildings. A black plume of smoke rose above the city. Michael was smoking pot with some friends. The dragon disappeared in a puff of smoke. The air was thick with cigarette smoke.
· Black smoke poured out of the engine.
· Thick smoke spread through the building.
(=smelling bad and making you cough)· The shop was full of thick, acrid smoke.
· The air was thick with cigarette smoke.
· I love the scent of wood smoke.
phrases (=a large amount)· He lit a cigarette and blew out a cloud of smoke.
(=a large amount of smoke from a fire)· The green, fresh leaves will burn slowly, with billows of smoke.
(=a thick cloud of smoke hanging over something)· A thick pall of smoke hung over Cape Town.
· He could see a thin black column of smoke rising vertically into the sky.
(=a small amount that comes quickly from something)· There was a puff of white smoke from the man's gun.
(=a thin amount of smoke)· Only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there.
verbs· Smoke was rising from the top of the tower.
(=large amounts come from a fire)· She noticed smoke billowing out of one of the bedrooms.
· The cigarette smoke drifted away on the breeze.
· Smoke curled from cooking fires next to a group of tents.
(=disappears)· The kitchen door was still open, and inside the smoke was clearing.
(=send out large amounts of smoke)· The factories belch smoke.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· A fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated.
· The airport terminal is a no-smoking area.
· Employers do not have to provide smoking areas.
· How effective has the anti-smoking campaign been?
· Some of the boys were smoking cigarettes.
(=that someone has not finished smoking)· There was a half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.
· The room was full of cigarette smoke.
· Everyone knows that cigarette smoking is bad for you.
Jeff used to smoke dope all the time. (=left in smoke to give it a special taste)· It was the finest smoked fish they had ever tasted.
Paul was drinking heavily by then. One man was treated for smoke inhalation (=when you breathe smoke from a fire). A pall of thick grey smoke hung over the buildings. A black plume of smoke rose above the city. Michael was smoking pot with some friends. The dragon disappeared in a puff of smoke. The air was thick with cigarette smoke.· There was a smell of wood smoke.
· He managed to crawl away from the burning wreckage.
(=where nuclear weapons, smoking etc is not allowed)· The county council offices are a smoke-free zone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Afterwards, a huge black cloud of acrid smoke rose hundreds of feet above the town.· An acrid smoke filled the room.· Further attempts to fight the fire were abandoned as thick acrid smoke filled the department.· Some workers, their faces blackened by the acrid smoke, fled in panic, escaping injury.· When he arrived at the scene the shop was full of thick, acrid smoke.· The acrid, half-burnt smoke, trapped by the overhead freeway structure, choked the spectators.· He could smell above the all-pervading redolence of incense, the faint acrid smoke of the candle.· Rubble and bloodstained corpses were scattered across the dockside, and acrid smoke from burning oil filled the air.
· There was no wind to bend the plume of black smoke rising from the hospital's incineration chimney.· It sat stalled, the cabin shattered, with a column of black smoke rising from it.· As dense black smoke swirled over the town, residents were told to stay indoors.· Offshore a small tug belched black smoke as she struggled to pull a string of barges.· Ragged black smoke led to the two-seater; the Pfalz scouts had gone, vanished.· Smoke poured from the central chimney, the rich, black coal smoke from the furnace.· A few hundred metres away I saw black smoke dissipating into the air.· The only traffic in the whole area consisted of chugging yellow Navy tugboats which emitted heavy black smoke from their tall stacks.
· The News Thin blue smoke poured straight up from the freshly mortared chimney of the McCullochs' house in Weem.· There was a blue smoke hung near the ceiling over her head.· Quills of blue smoke rose out of the swinging ball.· The blue smoke rises straight up, blending with the haze.· There was blue smoke swaying around the room.· The whole cabin was full of choking blue smoke and there was still no fire in the stove.· They both turned and looked out across the fresh greenery sparkling in the April sunlight towards the solitary plume of blue smoke.· A few tipis had blue smoke coming from their tops.
· As dense black smoke swirled over the town, residents were told to stay indoors.· The candles were useless in the dense smoke, and it was many minutes before we could see.· Standard polyurethane foam ignites rapidly, forming dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour as it does so.· Voice over Firefighters wearing special protective clothing made their way through the dense smoke towards the fuel flask.· Great electrical bursts of dazzling blue and purple light explode behind copious amounts of dense smoke which obscures the entire stage.· Remember, even a small fire can fill your home with dense and poisonous smoke in a couple of minutes.· This shop is surely an outpost of hell, with its oppressive heat and dense clouds of smoke.· Environmentalists have also criticised the dense smoke from buses which pollute the town centre.
· The room is full of smoke: nicotine has become the ambient atmosphere.· My curiosity made me open the door, and I found the corridor full of smoke.· The paddy was full of colored smoke, lavenders and yellows.· The room will very quickly be full of smoke.· Anyway, they had to call the fire brigade, the house was full of smoke.· The air was full of cigarette smoke and chatter in several different languages.· The house was full of smoke.
· The air was so thick with smoke that one could barely breathe!· The thick pungent smoke from the spliff filled the car in no time as Firebug took long leisurely tokes and sat back.· A thick, choking smoke arose but the rug began to burn and she dropped it with a cry.· For the stunt, De Cagny trained Clovis to slink low to the ground with thick smoke overhead.· All three were firing now, but the thick smoke was confusing them; they couldn't see properly through their masks.· I can just barely make out the forms of the fire-fighters through the thick smoke.· The air in the room grew thick with tobacco smoke.· Flames shot up amidst coils of thick smoke that blackened our kitchen walls and ceiling.
· Without pause the explosions became a continuous bombardment, and thick, white smoke engulfed the courtyard, blotting out the sun.· Different individuals marked with the white smoke.· The last log sighs and stirs in the white smoke that eats it slowly.· I saw white smoke streaming behind the gunships, about a mile ahead of us.· A thick, milky white cloud of smoke belches from this factory's chimneys day and night.· Below, almost straight ahead, white puffs of smoke opened up in the paddies just outside the village.· The sun was going down, the power station laid a creased white sleeve of smoke against the darkening sky.· The beautiful thing about white phosphorous is that it puts out white smoke that you can see through almost anything.
NOUN· My father went back to stirring the soup, which I could smell now above the cigar smoke.· Hicks brushed aside the blue haze of his cigar and felt suddenly that he was trying to dispel more than cigar smoke.· When the door opened a great smell of sweat and leather and stale cigar smoke rushed into the cold night air.· That relatively small room appeared to be a forest of black dinner jackets, grey hair and cigar smoke.· All he got in return was a blank stare and a cloud of fresh cigar smoke.· Not another word, a sigh, no raised eyebrow or even an impatient puff of cigar smoke.· She sobbed into his cashmere overcoat, smelling the peculiar odour of him, Old Spice and cigar smoke.· The atmosphere was electric with anticipation and unbreathable with cigar smoke.
· Catriona decided not to mention that she hated cigarette smoke.· The smell of stale beer and cigarette smoke spilled into the back-stage corridors as we groped along in search of my dressing room.· The place always smells of beer, cigarette smoke, and cooking grease that should have been thrown out last week.· He was passing the open door, caught the odour of cigarette smoke.· She sensed that mummy was growing tense with all the heat and noise and cigarette smoke.· Interestingly, it is apparently not the nicotine in cigarette smoke that induces liver enzymes to work more efficiently.
· Father and daughter were taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital and treated for smoke inhalation.· Three of the people injured were brought to a local hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.· She needed treatment for smoke inhalation and minor burns.· Fire investigators believe the man died of smoke inhalation.· Eventually the Fire Service put the fire out, but by then both women had died from smoke inhalation.· Serrin was treated for smoke inhalation and burns on his right arm and was listed in serious condition in a Gloucester hospital.· Ten classrooms were gutted in the arson attack, and three fire fighters were treated for smoke inhalation.
· But the smoke plumes fascinated her.· The first wells were set alight in February 1991 and their smoke plumes were clearly visible on satellite images of the region.
· Kersey blew smoke rings and watched them with approval.· As he blew smoke rings, his eyes grew more thoughtful, worried, filmed over with sadness.· She smiled, showing off her plump, tight little mouth, and blew a failed smoke ring.· I have pointed out a couple of omissions, cheekily blowing a smoke ring through Walton's much more substantial one.
· Then, smelling tobacco smoke, the word Woodbine wound into my head.· Smoking adds significantly to the risk because tobacco smoke bathes delicate cervical tissues in tar and nicotine.· The interior was gloomy; tobacco smoke hung motionless in the thin air.· Secondhand or environmental tobacco smoke causes 3, 000 lung cancers a year, Pirkle said.· You smell whisky and old tobacco smoke.· It treated primary and secondary tobacco smoke as identical though the latter is clearly diluted by contact with the surrounding environment.· The air in the room grew thick with tobacco smoke.· Firstly, chemical carcinogens in tobacco smoke might directly induce cervical carcinogenesis.
· There was a smell of wood smoke and flowers, and the house felt as warm and as kind as summer.· I soon became a connoisseur of wood smoke.· The smell of Gongshan is the smell of charcoal wood smoke.· But now a donkey brayed and the faint chant of women drifted with wood smoke from the town.· A rich aroma of manure and wood smoke, pungent to my effete nostrils.· The cottage was redolent with the zesty smell of lemon overlaying the more familiar tang of polish, wine and wood smoke.
VERB· After all, it wasn't that long ago that it was quite acceptable to belch smoke over the countryside.· The fine sediments are fallout from a hydrothermal chimney that had been belching out smoke for years.· The magazine in her hand plumed upwards in a long flame, belching smoke.· Offshore a small tug belched black smoke as she struggled to pull a string of barges.· Many London factories worked a twenty-four-hour day, and their chimneys only stopped belching smoke on Sundays.
· By the end of the evening she was puffing her cigarette and blowing the smoke at Miss Poole in the darkness.· One or two chimneys blew smoke at the edge of the scheme.· Winnie whips out a stogie and starts puffing away, blowing smoke over to your table.· She blew smoke out, coughed, and handed him the cigarette and he took it without a word.· People had been blowing cigarette smoke on to them for years.· He lit one of the cigars which he smoked nonstop and blew rich smoke upwards.· He gnawed at his thick lower lip or blew smoke in my direction.
· The gin flows and the room fills with smoke.· The pub was filling and the smoke haze thickened as spirits rose.· The watching team could see through the windows that the interior of the chamber quickly filled with smoke.· But then the room was filled with light and smoke.· The car was filling with smoke.· Instead we sat silently in the cab as it slowly filled with smoke.· Another passenger convinced her to leave the plane, which was quickly filling with a choking smoke.
· He inhaled the smoke with obvious pleasure.· I inhaled a mouthful of smoke and let it out slowly.· The cops got coffee and cigarettes and sandwiches, but I had to make do with inhaling their used smoke.
· Do not let the patient smoke, if possible.
· There was no wind to bend the plume of black smoke rising from the hospital's incineration chimney.· That smoke rising from the chimney, for example, has never heard of time, space, qualities, or quantities.· And up from the city of fumes and smoke rose a broiling cloud of steam, covering the stars.· A huge column of dark red smoke rose to 1, 000 meters.· Quills of blue smoke rose out of the swinging ball.· Three times a day we hear steam whistles, and here and there are columns of smoke rising.· In the distance smoke rose over the old city, where Hindu mobs were massacring Sikhs in reprisal for Indira's assassination.· We aimed at the puffs of smoke we saw rising in front and on the left of us.
· Above the bare-branched trees on the edge of his vision he could see clouds of smoke.· A motorist on Interstate 70 near New York Mountain had reported seeing smoke coming from the slope last week.· Witnesses saw the jet belch smoke before it exploded into pieces.· He saw no smoke or fire coming from the plane, Muelhaupt said.· A few hundred metres away I saw black smoke dissipating into the air.· These witnesses had heard an explosion and seen a column of smoke rise from behind a range of hills in Soviet territory.· To see a black smoke is to see a body of ore actually being formed.· I saw white smoke streaming behind the gunships, about a mile ahead of us.
· Then, smelling tobacco smoke, the word Woodbine wound into my head.· For days, every time you step outside, you can still smell the smoke from this fire.· He needed a bath and quickly, he imagined he could smell smoke and the sour stench of sweat from his skin.· If you smell smoke, hit the floor, and crawl to the nearest exit.· All the man could smell was the nasty smoke he was making.· The apartment door was already standing open and the hallway smelled of stale smoke.· He says that there will be no pollution, nothing will smell, no smoke will be seen.· It began to seem that the room smelled like cigarette smoke.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► when the smoke clearsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it
- At the barbecue you get to taste some of the smoke you have smelled all day.
- I fumbled for my seat belts, but the smoke surrounding us made me realize that there was no time.
- It was the smoke, an autopsy revealed, that killed Evan, not injuries from the crash.
- Now the smoke has blown away.
- She says the smoke in the pub's not good for it.
- Sometimes, even, we can step out the front door and smell the smoke, see the flames.
- They told me that sometimes the smoke is so dense, they pass out.
- We tried the smoked salmon cakes and the fried ravioli, and found both to be wonderful.
- After Warrington they've got to be careful or we might be blown up in smoke.
- Before she could throw the water into the wastepaper basket, the reports had gone up in smoke.
- For the yards owner, it was 25 years of work up in smoke.
- If so, what happens when Buckingham Palace, Sandringham or Balmoral go up in smoke?
- Its mosque went up in smoke.
- Such deliberation, while the youth of Britain were liable to go up in smoke, outraged many.
- That's well over £5,000 up in smoke - or, to be exact, an average £44.66 a month.
- Three hundred tons of freshly harvested hay and straw went up in smoke.
- And if you believe there's no smoke without fire, Sean Young must be a towering inferno.
- But there's no smoke without fire.
- She's only thirteen and she already smokes like a chimney.
- My granddad, who smoked like a chimney and lived to 97, was lucky enough never to encounter a promoter.
- The only sadness was that they all appeared to smoke like chimneys.
- The incinerator became a roaring pillar of flame, its iron bars instantly glowing red hot.
- There was a pillar of smoke then, too.
- New laws to create a smoke-free environment at work and in public places.
- The freedom of the individual is important; everyone is entitled to a smoke-free environment.
- The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not a breath of wind.
- Whose light retires behind its veil of cloud.
- Environmentalists have warned that dioxins accumulate in fat and milk and will work their way through the food chain.
- He's probably smoking his way through your deposit.
- He had even tried starting at page 1 and working his way through to the end.
- He worked his way through a bag of sandwiches and four cans of Pepsi.
- He worked his way through college, performing menial tasks in exchange for reduced tuition.
- Tom, like most of the others, will need lots of reinforcement as he works his way through the change.
- We are attempting to work our way through all these questions.
- You could sense the passage of time working its way through the foundation.
WORD FAMILYnounsmokesmoker ≠ non-smokersmokingsmokinessadjectivesmokedsmoking ≠ non-smokingsmokysmokelessverbsmoke
1[uncountable] white, grey, or black gas that is produced by something burning: clouds of black smoke cigarette smoke Smoke from burning fields drifted across nearby roads. the pall of smoke (=thick cloud of smoke) that hung over the citywisp/puff of smoke (=a small amount of smoke) Rangers watched from their fire towers for any wisps of smoke.2[countable usually singular] an act of smoking a cigarette etc: He went outside for a quiet smoke.3go up in smoke a)if something goes up in smoke, it burns so that it is completely destroyed: The whole factory went up in smoke. b)informal if a plan or some work goes up in smoke, it fails or you cannot continue with it: We haven’t worked this long just to see everything go up in smoke.4[countable] spoken a cigarette or drugs that are smoked: Where are the smokes, Jeff?5there’s no smoke without fire (also where there’s smoke there’s fire) spoken used to say that if something bad is being said about someone, it is probably partly true6when the smoke clears when things have stopped happening and the results can be clearly seen: When the smoke clears, I think you'll find the company is in a stronger position.7the Smoke British English old-fashioned informal London or any large town or cityCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + smokeblack/blue/white/grey smoke· Black smoke poured out of the engine.thick/dense smoke· Thick smoke spread through the building.acrid smoke (=smelling bad and making you cough)· The shop was full of thick, acrid smoke.cigarette/cigar/tobacco smoke· The air was thick with cigarette smoke.wood smoke· I love the scent of wood smoke.phrasesa cloud of smoke (=a large amount)· He lit a cigarette and blew out a cloud of smoke.a billow of smoke (=a large amount of smoke from a fire)· The green, fresh leaves will burn slowly, with billows of smoke.a pall of smoke (=a thick cloud of smoke hanging over something)· A thick pall of smoke hung over Cape Town.a column/plume of smoke· He could see a thin black column of smoke rising vertically into the sky.a puff of smoke (=a small amount that comes quickly from something)· There was a puff of white smoke from the man's gun.a wisp of smoke (=a thin amount of smoke)· Only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there.verbssmoke rises· Smoke was rising from the top of the tower.smoke billows (=large amounts come from a fire)· She noticed smoke billowing out of one of the bedrooms.smoke drifts· The cigarette smoke drifted away on the breeze.smoke curls· Smoke curled from cooking fires next to a group of tents.smoke clears (=disappears)· The kitchen door was still open, and inside the smoke was clearing.belch (out) smoke (=send out large amounts of smoke)· The factories belch smoke.smoke1 nounsmoke2 verb
smokesmoke2 ●●● S2 W2 verb VERB TABLE
smoke
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | smoke |
| he, she, it | smokes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | smoked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have smoked |
| he, she, it | has smoked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had smoked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will smoke |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have smoked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am smoking |
| he, she, it | is smoking | |
| you, we, they | are smoking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was smoking |
| you, we, they | were smoking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been smoking |
| he, she, it | has been smoking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been smoking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be smoking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been smoking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Anyone who smokes 40 a day can expect to have a lot of health problems.
- Dana started smoking again when her husband left her.
- Do you smoke?
- Greg sat alone, smoking a cigarette.
- He sat behind his desk, smoking a fat cigar.
- How old were you when you started smoking?
- Sue never smoked a cigarette in her life, yet she still got lung cancer.
- He smokes cigarettes and speeds around on his motorbike with his friends.
- She walked back to the empty station and leaned against the wall, smoking a cigarette.
- She was smoking for twenty-five years.
- When you turned the machine on, the plastic started smoking and created an unpleasant odor.
Longman Language Activatorto smoke a cigarette, pipe etc
to breathe in smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc, either from one cigarette etc or regularly: · How old were you when you started smoking?· Do you mind if I smoke?· He sat behind his desk, smoking a fat cigar.· Sue never smoked a cigarette in her life, yet she still got lung cancer.· Anyone who smokes 40 a day can expect to have a lot of health problems.
the habit or act of smoking: · Some teenage girls think that smoking helps keep their weight down.· Smoking is not allowed in any part of the building.· These days smoking is seen as an anti-social habit.passive smoking (=when you breathe in the smoke from other people's cigarettes): · Roy believed his illness was caused by passive smoking.
to take small amounts of smoke into your mouth from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe: · He lit a cigar and puffed on it thoughtfully.· They drove in silence, Charlie contentedly puffing on his pipe.
to breathe in a lot of smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc in one long breath: · She lit her last cigarette, and drew on it slowly.
not smoking if you don't smoke , you never smoke cigarettes, pipes etc: · He doesn't smoke or drink.· "Cigarette?'' "No thanks, I don't smoke.''
also give up smoking especially British /quit smoking, also quit especially American to stop smoking, especially when you make a firm decision that you will not smoke again: · Make a list of all the benefits of stopping smoking, for example better health, fresher breath, and more money.· I'm trying to give up smoking, but it isn't easy.· I didn't gain any weight when I quit smoking.
also nonsmoker American someone who never smokes: · This part of the restaurant is reserved for non-smokers.· Non-smokers get cheaper health insurance.
use this about rules or signs that say people must not smoke in a particular area: · There were big no-smoking signs on all the walls.· The company has a no-smoking policy in all its offices.· Most restaurants and cafes have set aside small no-smoking areas.
use this about places where you are not allowed to smoke: · I asked for a seat in the non-smoking section of the plane.
a restaurant, room etc that is smoke-free does not have any areas where people can smoke: · Most workers prefer a smoke-free environment at the office.· We are calling for all airlines to be smoke-free.
to smoke a lot · When we were students, we all used to smoke a lot.· This disease is more common in people who smoke heavily.
British informal to smoke a lot, especially too much: · She's only thirteen and she already smokes like a chimney.
to smoke one cigarette after another, without a break: · James sat silently through her speech, chain-smoking.· Although he chain-smoked cigarettes, his hands were unstained.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Jeff used to smoke dope all the time. Paul was drinking heavily by then. One man was treated for smoke inhalation (=when you breathe smoke from a fire). A pall of thick grey smoke hung over the buildings. A black plume of smoke rose above the city. Michael was smoking pot with some friends. The dragon disappeared in a puff of smoke. The air was thick with cigarette smoke.
· A fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated.
· The airport terminal is a no-smoking area.
· Employers do not have to provide smoking areas.
· How effective has the anti-smoking campaign been?
· Some of the boys were smoking cigarettes.
(=that someone has not finished smoking)· There was a half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.
· The room was full of cigarette smoke.
· Everyone knows that cigarette smoking is bad for you.
Jeff used to smoke dope all the time. (=left in smoke to give it a special taste)· It was the finest smoked fish they had ever tasted.
Paul was drinking heavily by then. One man was treated for smoke inhalation (=when you breathe smoke from a fire). A pall of thick grey smoke hung over the buildings. A black plume of smoke rose above the city. Michael was smoking pot with some friends. The dragon disappeared in a puff of smoke. The air was thick with cigarette smoke.· There was a smell of wood smoke.
· He managed to crawl away from the burning wreckage.
(=where nuclear weapons, smoking etc is not allowed)· The county council offices are a smoke-free zone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· He rarely drank, never smoked and played the piano, but not for the purposes of a sing-song.· You could never smoke marijuana in our house.· Beware of cigarettes, cigars and pipes, particularly near furniture and never smoke in bed.· I have never smoked and I object to being poisoned by other people's indulgence.· I promised myself I'd never smoke again and I didn't often do that twice in a morning.
· There was a brazier newly in use, and still smoking a little.· About 16 percent of California adults, about 3. 7 million people, still smoke.· He found a wrecked hangar, still smoking.· We apparently had surprised them because there were still smoking pots with food in them.· A lot of older women still smoke a pipe, at least around the lower quarters.· All around the house, within yards of it in some places, the land was black and still smoking.· But smoke still rises from the ovens where bread is baked and the brick pits where meals are prepared.· Still smoking, he started to get those violent images again when there was a soft tap on his window.
NOUN· None of the New College group are chain-smoking or drinking coffee, but there is still an authentic atmosphere.· A diminutive figure sat chain-smoking at the head of a vast table.
· The only sadness was that they all appeared to smoke like chimneys.· My granddad, who smoked like a chimney and lived to 97, was lucky enough never to encounter a promoter.
· Nigel was ostentatiously smoking a big cigar to give an illusion of poise.· After all, men smoke cigars.· Behind it, when he was in session, George would swing to and fro in his green leather swivel armchair smoking a cigar.· Not surprisingly, young salesmen dashed around the place looking cowed and frightened, while young traders smoked cigars.· She smoked cheap cigars, and the ash lay on her cardigans like catkins.· Salesmen talked to investors, traders made bets, and managers smoked cigars.· Keith smoked Dempster's cigars, ate his dinners.· He was carried from the field... coolly smoking a cigar.
· By the time the cigarette had been smoked the fire had burnt out.· She would tap out a cigarette and pretend to smoke it, as if on break.· It is estimated that for every cigarette you smoke you shorten your life span by five minutes.· The social class gap in cigarette smoking between women from manual and non-manual households should be narrowed by 5 percent.· Intimate little items: what she ate for breakfast, the occasional cigarette she smoked.· There was no association with social class or cigarette smoking as has been suggested elsewhere.· Manny lights a cigarette and drops the smoking match into the top of an empty Heineken can.
· Oh, she didn't smoke cigarettes - she smoked mackerel!· The cigarettes people smoked smelt different as well and his policeman's nose told him they were not all honest virginia.· Chief executive Gareth Davis estimates that 25 % of all cigarettes smoked in Britain escape domestic duty.
· She smoked sixty cigarettes a day.· He said 3, 000 teen-agers begin smoking cigarettes every day.· He'd been smoking 50 a day for 40 years.· But three thousand children start smoking every day.· Some 200 ii north of Kucha lay a mountain that reputedly exhibited fire by night and smoke by day.· He used to smoke sixty cigarettes a day and says he's brought it down to between fifteen and twenty roll-ups.· Some one once told me that even breathing the air was the equivalent of smoking twenty cigarettes a day.· If you've smoked 30 a day for 20 years, is it worth giving up?
· Inconsiderate smoking can cause considerable offence to the majority of people who do not smoke.· The president also would require tobacco companies to pay for a $ 150 million advertising crusade to stop young people from smoking.· If you go among people who do smoke, you're just as bad, or worse.· To some people, smoking is addictive.· I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs.· About 16 percent of California adults, about 3. 7 million people, still smoke.· Outside the house there were a lot of people who were smoking, laughing and talking.· The hotel has put up bronze plaques that ask people not to smoke in the elevators.
· Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
· A lot of older women still smoke a pipe, at least around the lower quarters.· So do women who smoke or drink.· I have seen few women smoking a pipe.· The young women smoked cigarettes and did the work of men.· An old woman was sitting smoking a pipe.· I did not see many women smoke, though.· By 1990 only 16 percent of women in professional households smoked, compared with 38 percent of women in unskilled manual homes.· Some years ago, I helped a woman to stop smoking.
VERB· And knowing the rules, you don't allow smoking in the drawing room.· The 62 points were the most the Gators had allowed since Auburn smoked them, 63-7, in 1970.· By now, though, no one was allowed to smoke.· Whatever it was they did in there, they weren't allowed to smoke while they were doing it.· The only time we was allowed to smoke more was on association, but we were banged up most of the time.· These included cigarettes, because they were not allowed to smoke in the Institution.· Read in studio A pub landlord in Oxford has been charged with allowing his customers to smoke cannabis on his premises.· Just as well, as he wasn't allowed to smoke.
· Mark took out a cigarette, and began to smoke.· He pulls out his pipe, lights it, and begins smoking a favorite pastime.· Continue to cook mixture until it turns translucent caramel color, just before it begins to smoke.· When oil just begins to smoke, add squab-shrimp mixture.· A red one jumped out on to the floorboards and they began to smoke.· Gourlain, in fact, began smoking at 13.· He sat on one of the barrel tombs near the Lazarus Tree and began to smoke a cigarette.· He said 3, 000 teen-agers begin smoking cigarettes every day.
· Those who gave smoking up in later life occupy an intermediate position.· The evidence now suggests that giving up smoking in the seventh decade of life brings health benefits.· The teenager said she has now given up smoking and is looking for a job.· Then he remembered he'd given up smoking the damned thing.· Still looking for his Woodbines even though he gave up smoking in 1956.· Correction: I have given up smoking.· How many times have I told you that you should give up smoking but you never listen to what I say.· For a time he gave up drinking and smoking altogether.
· I grieved over one dead person and one dying person and I encouraged one to quit smoking.· Your decision to quit smoking will make you less susceptible to a number of diseases.· I only drink in moderation and I quit smoking to protect my bones.· Many have quit smoking and changed their diets.· Loss of only 10 percent of body weight, regular aerobic exercise and quitting smoking lead the list.· He quit smoking, he got on the Nicorette gum.· I have at last discovered the true secret to quitting smoking.· I made another mental note to quit smoking cigarettes and take up pipes.
· Do the Labour Party want it banned to reduce smoking or to increase it?
· Perhaps you should start smoking again?· All three started smoking as teens, smoked for decades, and claimed to have tried unsuccessfully to quit.· The third floor was a no-smoking floor or I think I might have started smoking again after six years' abstinence.· If you don't smoke, don't start.· When you turned the machine on, the plastic started smoking and created an unpleasant odor.· About the only practical thing I came up with was that I probably ought to start smoking again.· But three thousand children start smoking every day.
· Those who stop smoking considerably reduce their chance of developing one of these diseases.· The president also would require tobacco companies to pay for a $ 150 million advertising crusade to stop young people from smoking.· On average, 28% of those who smoked in 1974 had stopped smoking by 1981.· Morales said he is not trying to stop adults from smoking.· Some years ago, I helped a woman to stop smoking.· And every year, thousands of people break their new resolutions-especially when they resolve to stop smoking completely.· Some habitual or excessive users can stop smoking when convinced by evidence of progressive respiratory and cardiovascular damage.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it
- She's only thirteen and she already smokes like a chimney.
- My granddad, who smoked like a chimney and lived to 97, was lucky enough never to encounter a promoter.
- The only sadness was that they all appeared to smoke like chimneys.
- The incinerator became a roaring pillar of flame, its iron bars instantly glowing red hot.
- There was a pillar of smoke then, too.
- New laws to create a smoke-free environment at work and in public places.
- The freedom of the individual is important; everyone is entitled to a smoke-free environment.
- The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not a breath of wind.
- Whose light retires behind its veil of cloud.
- Environmentalists have warned that dioxins accumulate in fat and milk and will work their way through the food chain.
- He's probably smoking his way through your deposit.
- He had even tried starting at page 1 and working his way through to the end.
- He worked his way through a bag of sandwiches and four cans of Pepsi.
- He worked his way through college, performing menial tasks in exchange for reduced tuition.
- Tom, like most of the others, will need lots of reinforcement as he works his way through the change.
- We are attempting to work our way through all these questions.
- You could sense the passage of time working its way through the foundation.
WORD FAMILYnounsmokesmoker ≠ non-smokersmokingsmokinessadjectivesmokedsmoking ≠ non-smokingsmokysmokelessverbsmoke
1[intransitive, transitive] to suck or breathe in smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc or to do this regularly as a habit: I don’t smoke and I don’t drink much. Do you mind if I smoke? He sat on the grass smoking a cigarette. He admitted that he had smoked marijuana when he was a student.2[intransitive] if something smokes, it has smoke coming from it: a smoking chimney3[transitive] to give fish or meat a special taste by hanging it in smokesmoke somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1to fill a place with smoke in order to force someone or something to come out: He smoked the bees out of their nest.2to discover who is causing a particular problem and force them to make themselves known: an operation to smoke out double agents