smoked
v. A2 Elementary US //ˈsmoʊkt// UK //smˈəʊkt// smoked
v. to have cooked food using smoke from a fire to give it a special flavor. You also use this when someone has breathed in smoke from a cigarette.
v. to preserve or flavour food by exposure to smoke; also the past tense and past participle of the action of inhaling and exhaling tobacco smoke.
We smoked the salmon over a small wood fire.
The chef smoked the ribs for twelve hours until the meat fell off the bone.
Traditional artisans in the region have smoked these hams using local oak for centuries, resulting in a distinctively rich and earthy profile that is famous worldwide.
From Middle English smoked, y-smoked, equivalent to smoke + -ed.
From smoke.
Usage
As a verb of food preparation, it is transitive and requires a direct object.