Smoke Smoking Smoked I Verb Bre Sməʊk Smoʊk

• he was smoking a large cigar.
• how many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
• do you mind if i smoke?
• do you smoke?

smoke

1. to suck smoke from a cigarette, pipe, etc. into your mouth and let it out again
• He was smoking a large cigar.
• How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
• Do you mind if I smoke?
2. to use cigarettes, etc. in this way as a habit
• see also chain-smoke
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chain-smoke
• Do you smoke?
• She smokes heavily.
• I’ve never smoked.
• You’re too young to smoke.
• He smokes like a chimney (= a lot).
3. 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).
4. to preserve meat or fish by hanging it in smoke from wood fires to give it a special taste
• smoked salmon

Extra Examples

• He has always smoked heavily.
• He smokes like a chimney.
• The ham is cured, then lightly smoked.
• You see kids openly smoking in the streets.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they smoke
• he / she / it smokes
• past simple smoked
• past participle smoked
• -ing form smoking

Word Origin

• Old English smoca (noun), smocian (verb), from the Germanic base of smēocan ‘emit smoke’; related to Dutch smook and German Schmauch.