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Smoked   /smoʊkt/   Listen
verb
Smoke  v. t.  
1.
To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.
2.
To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. "Smoking the temple."
3.
To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect. "I alone Smoked his true person, talked with him." "He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu." "Upon that... I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers."
4.
To ridicule to the face; to quiz. (Old Slang)
5.
To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.
6.
To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.


Smoke  v. i.  (past & past part. smoked; pres. part. smoking)  
1.
To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek. "Hard by a cottage chimney smokes."
2.
Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage. "The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man."
3.
To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion. "Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field."
4.
To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.
5.
To suffer severely; to be punished. "Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome."





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"Smoked" Quotes from Famous Books



... sulky: he sat looking rigidly ahead, and he did not speak again until he brought the Cannonball to a stop at the station. Even then it was only a perfunctory remark. He went through the gate with me, and with five minutes to spare, we lounged and smoked in the train shed. My mind had slid away from my surroundings and had wandered to a polo pony that I couldn't afford and intended to buy anyhow. Then ...
— The Man in Lower Ten • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... the hill, came rolling and leaping behind them with frightfully growing momentum, and tumbled in after them—plump! Verily, the wheel of fortune had never before made so many turns in so short a time! Its axle fairly smoked as it rolled ...
— Burl • Morrison Heady
... looking glass, all quivering and wavering, reflecting the thousand lights of the city. We have been on the Rhine all day, gliding among its picture-like scenes. But, alas I I had a headache; the boat was crowded; one and all smoked tobacco; and in vain, under such circumstances, do we see that nature is fair. It is not enough to open one's eyes on scenes; one must be able to be en rapport with them. Just so in the spiritual world, we sometimes see great truths,—see that ...
— Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands V2 • Harriet Beecher Stowe
... snowdrops, lilies of the valley, and other hardy English flowers. Margaret and he stooped lovingly over them, and it was wonderful to see how Peter's face softened, and how gently the great rough hands, that had been all day handling smoked geese and fish, touched ...
— Winter Evening Tales • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
... such trifling circumstances as moonshine upon placid water, distant music, the solemn hush of eventide, or the subtle odour of a beloved flower. If Rene Drucquer was on the point of committing a great mistake, he at least would not urge him on towards it, so he smoked in silence, ...
— The Slave Of The Lamp • Henry Seton Merriman


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