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smoke(2) (iou)



smoke verb.

I.
verb intrans.
a. Emit smoke. OE.
J. Conrad An indolent volcano which smoked faintly. fig.: De Quincey Ireland was..smoking with the embers of rebellion.
b. (Of an oil-lamp etc.) burn badly with the emission of smoke; (of a chimney or fire) discharge smoke into a room; (of a room) become filled with smoke. M17.
verb intrans.
a. Emit visible vapour, dust, spray, etc.; esp. emit steam. Now poet. LME.
C. Causley Although the month was May, my breath On the morning smoked.
b. Rise, spread, or move like smoke. Also foll. by along. L16.
J. Clare Thin clouds smoke along the sky.
c. Move or travel along rapidly. L17.
d. Depart; slope off. Austral. slang. L19.
verb intrans. Smart, suffer severely. arch. M16.
II.
verb trans.
a. Expose to smoke, spec. in order to (a) cleanse, purify, or fumigate, (b) suffocate or stupefy. OE.
b. Darken or discolour by exposure to smoke. E17.
c. Dry or cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke. M18.
J. W. Boddam-Whetham The fish are smoked over a fire. T. McGuane Edward gave the secretaries duck he smoked himself.
verb trans. Drive out or away by means of smoke; fig. force or bring out into the open. L16.
Listener We were using a food guide,..determined to smoke out tasty food. P. Warner The garrison tried to smoke them out by lighting a fire at the entrance.
a. verb trans. Get an inkling of, suspect, (a plot, design, etc.). arch. E17.
b. verb intrans. Have an inkling or idea; understand. arch. L17.
verb trans.
a. Urge on at high speed. rare. Only in M17.
b. Cause (a tyre) to smoulder from sudden friction with the road surface. colloq. L20.
verb trans. Make fun of; ridicule, torment. arch. L17.
verb trans. Observe, note. arch. E18.
verb trans. Shoot with a firearm. US slang. E20.
III.
a. verb intrans. Inhale and exhale the smoke of tobacco, or some other substance, from a pipe, cigar, or cigarette; do this habitually. E17.
smoke like a chimney: see CHIMNEY noun 4.
G. Greene He smoked while he talked, never taking the cigarette from his mouth. New Yorker He neither drinks nor smokes.
b. verb trans. Use (tobacco, a cigarette, etc.) in this way. L17.
W. Irving Smoking his pipe in the..evening sunshine. Times Three boys have been expelled..for smoking cannabis resin.
c. verb intrans. Of a pipe: draw. E19.
verb trans. Wear out, waste (away), bring into a specified condition, by smoking tobacco etc. E17.