"smake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smake (plural smakes)
  1. Obsolete form of smack. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: smack
    Sense id: en-smake-en-noun--yidZIht
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: smakes [present, singular, third-person], smaking [participle, present], smaked [participle, past], smaked [past]
Etymology: From dialectal smak, early modern English smake, from Middle English smaken (“to taste, sense flavour, detect by taste or smell”), from Middle Dutch smaken (“to taste”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smaken|t=to taste, sense flavour, detect by taste or smell}} Middle English smaken (“to taste, sense flavour, detect by taste or smell”), {{der|en|dum|smaken|t=to taste}} Middle Dutch smaken (“to taste”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} smake (third-person singular simple present smakes, present participle smaking, simple past and past participle smaked)
  1. Synonym of smack (“to taste, lick”) Synonyms: smack [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-smake-en-verb-nUkIlD2F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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