smoke
verb/sməʊk/
/sməʊk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they smoke | /sməʊk/ /sməʊk/ |
| he / she / it smokes | /sməʊks/ /sməʊks/ |
| past simple smoked | /sməʊkt/ /sməʊkt/ |
| past participle smoked | /sməʊkt/ /sməʊkt/ |
| -ing form smoking | /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to take smoke from a cigarette, pipe, etc. into your mouth and let it out again
- Do you mind if I smoke?
- You see kids openly smoking in the streets.
- smoke something He was smoking a large cigar.
- How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
- He was still smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
- An old man smoking a pipe sat at a corner table.
- to smoke marijuana/cannabis/pot
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- openly
- smoke like a chimney
- [intransitive] to use cigarettes, etc. in this way as a habit
- Do you smoke?
- She smokes heavily.
- He smokes and drinks a lot.
- I’ve never smoked.
- You’re too young to smoke.
- He smokes like a chimney (= a lot).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- openly
- smoke like a chimney
- [intransitive] to produce smoke
- smoking factory chimneys
- the smoking remains of burnt-out cars
- This fireplace smokes badly (= sends smoke into the room instead of up the chimney).
- [transitive, usually passive] to preserve meat or fish by hanging it in smoke from wood fires to give it a special taste
- be smoked The ham is cured, then lightly smoked.
- smoked salmon
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- lightly
Word OriginOld English smoca (noun), smocian (verb), from the Germanic base of smēocan ‘emit smoke’; related to Dutch smook and German Schmauch.
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