Another word for smoke
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Noun
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- The gaseous form of any substance which is a liquid or a solid at room temperature
- A faintly visible suspension of fine particles of matter in the air, as mist, fumes, or smoke.
- A mixture of such a vaporized substance with air, as the explosive mixture in an automotive cylinder
- (Chem.) A number of solid or liquid particles within a gas
- Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.
- A gas, smoke, or vapor, esp. if offensive or suffocating
- (US) gas pedal
- A gaseous fuel, such as natural gas.
- A condition resulting from indigestion in which such gas causes abdominal bloating, flatulence, etc.
- The fine black particles, chiefly composed of carbon, produced by incomplete combustion of coal, oil, wood, or other fuels.
- (Archaic) A smoldering state or condition
- (Archaic) A smoldering fire
- Dense, suffocating smoke or any thick cloud of dust, steam, fog, etc.
- (Uncountable) Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
- A dispersion of vapor, smoke, dust, etc. in the air that reduces visibility
- (Uncountable) A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- The act or condition of smoldering
- Thick smoke resulting from a slow fire.
- A fire made to produce dense smoke
- A smoky fire used to protect against frost or to repel insects.
- Such smoke produced by burning a material in containers (smudge pots), esp. for driving away insects or protecting plants from frost
- (Archaic) A noxious mixture of fog and smoke
- A form of air pollution produced by the photochemical reaction of sunlight with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides that have been released into the atmosphere, especially by automotive emissions.
- A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution
Verb
To give off smoke
- To execute or kill with fire:
- To be very eager:
- To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire:
- To subject to or treat with fumes.
- To give off gas, smoke, or vapor
- To feel, show, or give way to anger, annoyance, etc.
- To (make) disappear, leaving no trace
- Turn into vapour.
- To change into vapor, as by heating or spraying
- To have a strong, offensive smell
- To emit or exude (vapor, fumes, etc.)
- To give off a strong unpleasant odor:
- To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.
- To be kept from getting enough air to breathe
- To conceal, suppress, or hide:
- To have or show feelings of suppressed anger, hate, passion, etc.
- To burn with little smoke and no flame.
- To burn and smoke without flame; be consumed by slow combustion
- To make dirty, especially in one small area:
- To fill (an orchard or an inhabited area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from frost or to repel insects.
- To protect (an orchard, etc.) with smudge
- To have a strong, offensive smell
- To emit or exude (vapor, fumes, etc.)
- To give off a strong unpleasant odor:
To use smoke, especially from tobacco
- To smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.)
- To move, giving forth puffs
- To blow, drive, give forth, etc. in or with a puff or puffs
- To draw something such as air or smoke into the lungs by breathing; inspire.
- To draw (air or smoke, for example) into the lungs by breathing; inspire.
- To draw smoke into the lungs; puff.
- To bring up or catch by such means.
- To be prolonged tediously; move or pass too slowly
- (Baseball) To hit (a ball) in executing a drag bunt
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