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smoke

Rauch

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
smoke
1. Verb:
2. [1] (transitiv) rauchen: etwas anzünden und den Rauch einatmen
3. [2] (intransitiv) rauchen: Qualm in die Luft abgeben; Rauch von sich geben
4. [3] (transitiv) räuchern
[1] He could smoke three cigars in an hour.
[2] The faulty wiring began to smoke.
[3] She smoked several hams.
5. Substantiv:
6. [1] nur Singular: Rauch von etwas Brennendem
[1] This is particularly important since smoke can spread very quickly through corridors and stairwells.
Das ist wichtig, denn gerade in Treppenhäusern und Fluren breitet sich Rauch blitzschnell aus.
Englisch > Englisch
smoke
1. subst. The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
2. subst. (colloquial) A cigarette.
Can I bum a smoke off you?; I need to go buy some smokes.
3. subst. (colloquial) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
Hey, you got some smoke?
4. subst. (colloquial, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
I'm going out for a smoke.
5. subst. (figuratively) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
6. subst. (figuratively) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
The smoke of controversy.
7. subst. A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.
(color panel, D6E2E2)
8. subst. (military) A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke
9. subst. (baseball, slang) A fastball.
10. v. To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
He's smoking his pipe.
11. v. (intransitive) To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
Do you smoke?
12. v. (intransitive) To give off smoke.
My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.
13. v. To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.
14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.
15. v. (US, Canada NZ slang) To beat someone at something.
We smoked them at rugby.
16. v. (US, slang) To kill, especially with a gun.
He got smoked by the mob.
17. v. (obsolete, transitive) To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
18. v. (slang) To ridicule to the face; to mock.
19. v. To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
20. v. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
21. v. To suffer severely; to be punished.
22. v. (transitive, US military slang) To punish for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
23. adj. Of the colour known as smoke.
24. adj. Made of or with smoke.
Deutsch > Englisch
Rauch
1. subst. smoke, fume