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Adjective smoking has 1 sense

smoking - emitting smoke in great volume; "a smoking fireplace"
Antonym: smokeless (indirect, via smoky)

Noun smoking has 2 senses

smoke, smoking - the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"
--₁ is a kind of breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
--₁ has parts: puff, drag, pull
--₁ has particulars: puffing
Derived form: verb smoke₁
smoke, smoking - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"
--₂ is a kind of vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation

Derived form: verb smoke₂

Verb smoke has 2 senses

smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
--₁ is one way to consume, ingest, take in, take, have

Derived forms: noun smoke₇, noun smoke₆, noun smoke₅, noun smoker₁, noun smoking₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
fume, smoke - emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
--₂ is one way to emit, give out, give off

Derived forms: noun smoke₂, noun smoke₁, noun smoking₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s