Meaning of "smoke" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SMOKE

Old English smoca (n); related to Middle Dutch smieken to emit smoke.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SMOKE

smoke  [sməʊk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMOKE

Smoke is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb smoke in English.

WHAT DOES SMOKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Smoke

Smoke is a collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires, but may also be used for pest control, communication, defensive and offensive capabilities in the military, cooking, or smoking. Smoke is used in rituals, when incense, sage, or resin is burned to produce a smell for spiritual purposes. Smoke is sometimes used as a flavoring agent, and preservative for various foodstuffs. Smoke is also a component of internal combustion engine exhaust gas, particularly diesel exhaust. Smoke inhalation is the primary cause of death in victims of indoor fires. The smoke kills by a combination of thermal damage, poisoning and pulmonary irritation caused by carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and other combustion products. Smoke particles are an aerosol of solid particles and liquid droplets that are close to the ideal range of sizes for Mie scattering of visible light.

Definition of smoke in the English dictionary

The first definition of smoke in the dictionary is the product of combustion, consisting of fine particles of carbon carried by hot gases and air. Other definition of smoke is any cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas. Smoke is also the act of smoking tobacco or other substances, esp in a pipe or as a cigarette or cigar.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SMOKE

PRESENT

Present

I smoke

you smoke

he/she/it smokes

we smoke

you smoke

they smoke

Present continuous

I am smoking

you are smoking

he/she/it is smoking

we are smoking

you are smoking

they are smoking

Present perfect

I have smoked

you have smoked

he/she/it has smoked

we have smoked

you have smoked

they have smoked

Present perfect continuous

I have been smoking

you have been smoking

he/she/it has been smoking

we have been smoking

you have been smoking

they have been smoking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I smoked

you smoked

he/she/it smoked

we smoked

you smoked

they smoked

Past continuous

I was smoking

you were smoking

he/she/it was smoking

we were smoking

you were smoking

they were smoking

Past perfect

I had smoked

you had smoked

he/she/it had smoked

we had smoked

you had smoked

they had smoked

Past perfect continuous

I had been smoking

you had been smoking

he/she/it had been smoking

we had been smoking

you had been smoking

they had been smoking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will smoke

you will smoke

he/she/it will smoke

we will smoke

you will smoke

they will smoke

Future continuous

I will be smoking

you will be smoking

he/she/it will be smoking

we will be smoking

you will be smoking

they will be smoking

Future perfect

I will have smoked

you will have smoked

he/she/it will have smoked

we will have smoked

you will have smoked

they will have smoked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been smoking

you will have been smoking

he/she/it will have been smoking

we will have been smoking

you will have been smoking

they will have been smoking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would smoke

you would smoke

he/she/it would smoke

we would smoke

you would smoke

they would smoke

Conditional continuous

I would be smoking

you would be smoking

he/she/it would be smoking

we would be smoking

you would be smoking

they would be smoking

Conditional perfect

I would have smoke

you would have smoke

he/she/it would have smoke

we would have smoke

you would have smoke

they would have smoke

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been smoking

you would have been smoking

he/she/it would have been smoking

we would have been smoking

you would have been smoking

they would have been smoking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you smoke
we let´s smoke
you smoke

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to smoke

Past participle

smoked

Present Participle

smoking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SMOKE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «smoke» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of smoke

cigarette · draw on · fag · fume · inhale · preserve · smoulder

TRANSLATION OF SMOKE

Find out the translation of smoke to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of smoke from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smoke» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 烟
• Translator English - Spanish: humo
• English: smoke
• Translator English - Hindi: धूम्रपान
• Translator English - Arabic: دُخَّان
• Translator English - Russian: дым
• Translator English - Portuguese: fumaça
• Translator English - Bengali: ধোঁয়া
• Translator English - French: fumée
• Translator English - Malay: Asap
• Translator English - German: Rauch
• Translator English - Japanese: 煙
• Translator English - Korean: 연기
• Translator English - Javanese: Kumelun
• Translator English - Vietnamese: khói
• Translator English - Tamil: புகை
• Translator English - Marathi: धूर
• Translator English - Turkish: duman
• Translator English - Italian: fumo
• Translator English - Polish: dym
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дим
• Translator English - Romanian: fum
• Translator English - Greek: καπνός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: rook
• Translator English - Swedish: rök
• Translator English - Norwegian: røyk

10 QUOTES WITH «SMOKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word smoke.

1

Shaun Alexander

I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.

2

Shaun Alexander

After the smoke clears, I think people will say, 'You know what? That Shaun Alexander, he did all right when he was here. I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.

3

Loni Anderson

My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.

4

Mary Hunter Austin

Over the tops of it, beginning to dusk under a young white moon, trailed a wavering ghost of smoke, and at the end of it I came upon the Pocket Hunter making a dry camp in the friendly scrub.

5

Mahesh Babu

I don't want to smoke on screen, as I will be sending a wrong message to my fans, and I appeal to my costars too, to avoid smoking scenes if possible.

6

Lynda Barry

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

7

Andre Benjamin

I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women.

8

Erskine Bowles

The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow us to go forward this year and not have comprehensive bipartisan legislation. It's in everybody's best interest.

9

Garth Brooks

That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.

10

Chris Brown

Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But this is all fun. I look at it like smoke and mirrors. I still think it's a dream, but I ain't pinching myself yet.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMOKE»

Discover the use of smoke in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smoke and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Burned

In this riveting and masterful novel told in verse, Ellen Hopkins takes readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride. From the highs of true love to the lows of abuse, Pattyn's story will have readers engrossed until the very last word.

Ellen Hopkins, 2008

Smoke

Bestselling author Ellen Hopkins continues the riveting story of Pattyn Von Stratten she began in Burned to explore what it takes to rise from the ashes, put ghosts to rest, and step into a future.

Ellen Hopkins, 2013

Home Book of Smoke Cooking: Meat, Fish and Game

Discusses smokers you can build or purchase and gives tips on how to run them for optimum results.

Jack Sleight, Raymond Hull, 1982

Smoke: A Global History of Smoking

An incisive collection of essays and more than three hundred illustrations examines the global history and culture of smoking in various traditions and places, from opium dens in Victorian England to Havana cigars, documenting smokers of ...

Sander L. Gilman, Xun Zhou, 2004

Tree of Smoke: A Novel

Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson’s first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date. Tree of Smoke is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.

Denis Johnson, 2007

Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone ...

Errand requiring immediate attention.

Laini Taylor, 2011

Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of ...

This is an unforgettable book that makes a profound impact on our perceptions of historical events and mourns the unthinkable loss humanity has borne at its own hand.

Nicholson Baker, 2008

Blue Smoke

Reena Hale grew up with an intimate knowledge of the destructive power of fire.

Nora Roberts, 2008

Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in ...

Students of global forms of modernity will have much to learn from this book."--Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of "Habitations of Modernity: Essays in the Wake of Subaltern Studies"

William Mazzarella, 2003

Smoke

When Ellen, a seven-year-old, buys an old lamp she's certain must be Aladdin's lamp, she is unaware that it contains a murderous genie

Ruby Jean Jensen, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMOKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smoke is used in the context of the following news items.

Las Vegas Strip Cloaked in Smoke From Hotel Fire

A fire broke out at a luxury hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, injuring one person and covering the Strip with thick plumes of black smoke, fire officials ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Smoke from warehouse fire visible from space as wind remains calm

A massive smoke plume from the five-alarm fire in North Brunswick early this morning was seen more than hundred miles away and picked up by satellites in ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

Smoke from Canadian wildfires lingers over Colorado

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a wildfire smoke health advisory on Tuesday which will stay in effect until 4 pm Wednesday. «9NEWS.com, Jul 15»

Canadian and Alaskan Wildfire Smoke Continues to Pour Into the …

The haze is smoke from large wildfires burning in Alaska and Canada, pumping ... Visible satellite imagery from Thursday showed the smoke still pouring across ... «The Weather Channel, Jul 15»

Nest announces second generation Nest Protect smoke detector

At an event today in San Francisco, Nest announced that it is releasing a second-generation smoke detector, and it's also called the Nest Protect. The new ... «The Verge, Jun 15»

New Orleans Bars Issue Last Call for Smoking

Just after midnight, it became illegal to smoke in bars in New Orleans. Last call for cigarettes went out across the city: at the hazy Bud Rip's bar in the Bywater; ... «New York Times, Apr 15»

States burn over wood smoke rules

Several states are fighting back over new EPA regulations aimed at wood stoves. In Utah, the smoke has not even begun to clear over a proposed ban on ... «Deseret News, Mar 15»

Suspected smoke bomb temporarily closes tunnel

Two Michigan men remain in custody Tuesday night after they attempted to enter the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel with a bag that contained what appears to be a ... «Detroit Free Press, Jan 15»

Passengers on smoke-filled DC subway train reportedly waited at …

The smoke resulted in the death of 61-year-old Carol Glover, of Alexandria, Va., while 83 other passengers were hospitalized, two in critical condition. Glover ... «Fox News, Jan 15»

1 dead, dozens hurt after Metro car fills with smoke

It was a commuter's worst nightmare: a Metro train abruptly stops, goes dark and fills with smoke in a tunnel in downtown Washington. Before it was over, one ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»