SMOKE


Meaning of SMOKE in English

n.

Function: verb

Inflected Form: smoked ; smok · ing

Date: before 12th century

intransitive verb

1 a : to emit or exhale smoke b : to emit excessive smoke

2 archaic : to undergo punishment : SUFFER

3 : to spread or rise like smoke

4 : to inhale and exhale the fumes of burning plant material and especially tobacco especially : to smoke tobacco habitually

transitive verb

1 a : FUMIGATE b : to drive (as mosquitoes) away by smoke c : to blacken or discolor with smoke < smoked glasses> d : to cure by exposure to smoke < smoked ham> e : to stupefy (as bees) by smoke

2 archaic : SUSPECT

3 : to inhale and exhale the smoke of < smoke a cigarette>

4 archaic : RIDICULE

5 slang : KILL 1A

6 slang : to defeat or surpass decisively

7 : to hit (as a baseball) with great force

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.