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To emit smoke or visible vapor
“Solitary chimney stacks and rubble would smoke and smolder for weeks, but the worst of the fire was over by the end of the day.”
To burn or smolder
“The embers continue to smoke, providing some degree of warmth to the interior of the cottage.”
To inhale and exhale the smoke of tobacco or similar herb or drug
“The readers of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes have learned that the criminal had better not smoke a cigar at the scene of the crime.”
To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke
“You can smoke the salmon using alder chips over an open fire, which will give it a great rich and earthy flavor.”
To comprehensively defeat
“The championship favorite is expected to easily smoke their opponents in the first round.”
Plural for a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance
“Hewlett could see billowing smoke in the distance, so he headed for the action.”
Plural for something that can be lit up and inhaled on, such as a cigarette or cigar
“One of his men insisted that he try a native smoke, a cigar, latter-day kin of the muskets that Columbus and his men had seen in that part of the world, but a bit more refined.”
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