smoke has definitions from the fields of baseball,biology,pharmacology,chemistry
1
[ noun ] a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

Synonyms

fume

Used in print

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

The third level leans_on a belief that a_lot of smoke means some fire .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

Al_'s_Little_Cafe was small , dark , narrow , and filled with the mingled scent of beer , tobacco smoke , and Italian cooking .

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

We were less than a quarter of a mile from the road , and we could trace its shape from the ribbon of powder smoke and dust that hung over it .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

The smoke from that chimney rose as sluggishly as smoke from any other , and hung as sadly in the drizzle , creeping back_down along the sopping canvas of the roof .

The smoke from that chimney rose as sluggishly as smoke from any other , and hung as sadly in the drizzle , creeping back_down along the sopping canvas of the roof .

Related terms

aerosol gun_smoke smother fume

2
[ verb ] inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

Examples

"We never smoked marijuana" "Do you smoke?"

Used in print

(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)

Then Rector , attired in his best blue serge suit , sat in a chair out on the lawn , in the shade of a tree , smoking a cigarette and waiting .

(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)

He had lived for almost thirty years in this same stone farmhouse with the same wife , a remarkably childish thing in itself ; he rose at half past six every morning , made himself some French coffee , had his corn_flakes and more coffee , smoked four cigarettes while reading last Sunday 's Herald_Tribune and yesterday 's Pittsburgh_Gazette , then put_on his high-topped farmer 's shoes and walked under a vine bower to his workshop .

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

They all sat around and drank ice_water , and the men smoked , and everybody had a good time .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

The letters took their source from a stream of my imagination in which I was transformed into a young_man not unlike my bunkmate Eliot_Sands - he of the porch steps anecdotes - who smoked cigarettes , performed the tango , wore fifty dollar suits , and sneaked_off into the dark with girls to do unimaginable things with them .

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

He would order her to bring coffee , and would take from his vest_pocket a thin black pipe which he would stuff - he would not remove his gloves - and light and smoke .

3
[ noun ] (chemistry) a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

Synonyms

smoking

Examples

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

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

Behind him billowed a small pungent cloud of smoke .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

Leaves were burning somewhere and the smoke smelled , for all its ammoniac acidity , of beginnings .

Related terms

vaporization fume

4
[ noun ] tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder

Synonyms

roll_of_tobacco

Related terms

tobacco cigarette cigar

5
[ noun ] (informal) something with no concrete substance

Examples

"his dreams all turned to smoke" "it was just smoke and mirrors"

6
[ noun ] (biology) the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

Synonyms

smoking

Examples

"he went outside for a smoke" "smoking stinks"

Related terms

breathing puffing puff

7
[ noun ] an indication of some hidden activity

Examples

"with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"

Related terms

indication

8
[ noun ] (pharmacology) 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
9
[ verb ] emit a cloud of fine particles

Synonyms

fume

Examples

"The chimney was fuming"

Related terms

emit

10
[ noun ] (pharmacology) street names for marijuana

Related terms

cannabis

11
[ noun ] (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

Examples

"he swung late on the fastball" "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

Related terms

pitch slider baseball

*