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SMOKED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
Synonyms:
smoke-cured; smoke-dried; smoked
Classified under:
Similar:
preserved (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb smoke
Context examples:
It is calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years the person has smoked.
(Pack year, NCI Dictionary)
Mr. Peggotty had smoked his evening pipe and there were preparations for some supper by and by.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A person smoking a low tar cigarette can inhale the same amount of tobacco tar, nicotine, and harmful, cancer-causing chemicals as in a regular cigarette, depending on how the cigarette is smoked.
(Low tar cigarette, NCI Dictionary)
After supper I smoked, as on the last evening, and the Count stayed with me, chatting and asking questions on every conceivable subject, hour after hour.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A question about whether an individual has ever smoked.
(Has Ever Smoked, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): 2 months is the focalDuration for the question, "Have you smoked in the last 2 months?".
(Defined Observation Focal Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
A person who was not smoking at the time of the interview but has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life.
(Former Smoker, NCI Thesaurus)
A person smoking a light cigarette can inhale the same amount of tobacco tar, nicotine, and harmful, cancer-causing chemicals as in a regular cigarette, depending on how the cigarette is smoked.
(Light cigarette, NCI Dictionary)
Crystal meth is smoked in a small glass pipe.
(Methamphetamine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
These findings may offer one explanation for why emphysema is found in some people who never smoked.
(Study finds link between long-term exposure to air pollution and emphysema, National Institutes of Health)
