smoke

smoke
smoke [sməʊk]
1. noun
   a. fumée f
• to go up in smoke [house, plans, hopes] partir en fumée
• the smoke is beginning to clear (figurative) on commence à y voir plus clair
• it's all smoke and mirrors (US) on n'y voit que du feu(PROV) there's no smoke without fire(PROV) il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu
   b. to have a smoke fumer
2. intransitive verb
   a. [chimney, lamp] fumer
   b. [person] fumer
• he smokes like a chimney (inf) il fume comme un pompier
3. transitive verb
   a. [+ cigarette] fumer
• he smokes cigarettes/a pipe il fume la cigarette/la pipe
   b. [+ meat, fish] fumer
• smoked salmon saumon m fumé
• smoked glass verre m fumé
4. compounds
► smoke alarm noun détecteur m de fumée
► smoke bomb noun bombe f fumigène
► smoke detector noun détecteur m de fumée
► smoke-filled adjective (during fire) rempli de fumée ; (from smoking) enfumé
► smoke ring noun rond m de fumée
• to blow smoke rings faire des ronds de fumée ► smoke screen noun (Military) écran m de fumée ; (figurative) paravent m (fig)
► smoke signal noun signal m de fumée
► smoke out separable transitive verb
[+ insects, room] enfumer ; [+ traitor, culprit] débusquer
* * *
[sməʊk] 1.
noun
1) (fumes) fumée f

to go up in smoke — (colloq) lit brûler, partir en fumée; fig tomber à l'eau (colloq)

2) (colloq) (cigarette) clope (colloq) f

to have a smoke — fumer

2.
transitive verb
1) fumer [cigarette etc]
2) Culinary fumer
3.
intransitive verb (all contexts) fumer
4.
smoked past participle adjective fumé
Phrasal Verbs:
••

to smoke like a chimney — (colloq) fumer comme un pompier (colloq)


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