smoke

Noun
  1. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas (synset 111528510)
    is a type of: aerosol - a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
    subtypes:
    • gun smoke - smoke created by the firing of guns
    • smother - a stifling cloud of smoke
    same as: fume
  2. A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion (synset 113578096)
    "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"
    is a type of: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour - the process of becoming a vapor
    same as: smoking
  3. An indication of some hidden activity (synset 106815738)
    "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere"
    is a type of: indicant, indication - something that serves to indicate or suggest
  4. Something with no concrete substance (synset 104769215)
    "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    is a type of: insubstantiality - lacking substance or reality
  5. Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder (synset 104110585)
    is a type of: baccy, tobacco - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
    subtypes:
    same as: roll of tobacco
  6. Street names for marijuana (synset 103997192)
    is a type of: cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - 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
    same as: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, weed
  7. The act of smoking tobacco or other substances (synset 100836297)
    "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"
    is a type of: breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation - the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
    subtypes: puffing - blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
    has: drag, puff, pull - a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
    same as: smoking
  8. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity (synset 100109001)
    "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
    referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: delivery, pitch - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
    subtypes: slider - a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
    same as: bullet, fastball, heater, hummer
Verb
  1. Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes (synset 201200739)
    "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
    entail:
    is a type of: habituate, use - take or consume (regularly or habitually)
    subtypes:
    • chain-smoke - smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
    • puff, whiff - smoke and exhale strongly
    • inhale - draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
  2. Emit a cloud of fine particles (synset 202773880)
    "The chimney was fuming"
    is a type of: emit, give off, give out - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
    same as: fume

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