smoken
UK/ˈsməʊ.kən/US/ˈsmoʊ.kɪn/
smoken verb: to make or become smoked or smoky. Also the past participle of smoke.
Verb
smoken (third-person singular simple present smokens, present participle smokening, simple past and past participle smokened)
- To make or become smoked or smoky.
- She chewed on a knuckle bone and was silent, looking into the dying fire, till she raised her smokened face, looked at him steadily and said, 'You were born an old soul indeed, as I recall, but I'll thank you to remember that this boy, whom I have come to think of as my own bairn too, is one of the...2011, Allan Massie, Arthur the King
- Steals a large jacket someone left on a chair; steals gulps of O2 from the smokening air; clutches a lost apple and flashlight and gauze; […]2012, Joseph Harry Silber, Bum
Also used as
smoken is also the past participle of smoke.
Forms of smoken
| third-person singular present | smokens |
|---|---|
| present participle | smokening |
| past participle | smokened |
| past | smokened |
Origin of smoken
From smoke + -en (inchoative suffix).
From smoke + -en (suffix forming past participles).
Words that rhyme with smoken
Questions about smoken
- What does smoken mean?
- Smoken means to make or become smoked or smoky.
- What part of speech is smoken?
- Smoken is a verb.
- How do you pronounce smoken?
- Smoken is pronounced /ˈsməʊ.kən/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of smoken?
- The past tense of smoken is smokened.
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