snuff

To stop a candle or flame from burning.

• Please snuff the candle.
• She snuffed out the flame before leaving.
• He snuffed the candles and went upstairs.

How to use it: snuff out something / snuff something out (She snuffed the candle out.)

Similar words: put out, extinguish

Opposites: light, ignite

Common phrases: snuff a candle, snuff out, snuff the flame

To draw air or a substance into your nose.

• He snuffed the cold air.
• She snuffed a little tobacco from her hand.
• The dog snuffed at the unfamiliar scent.

Similar words: sniff, inhale

Common phrases: snuff tobacco, snuff the air

Tobacco made into a powder that people take into their nose.

• He kept snuff in a small box.
• She took a pinch of snuff and sneezed.
• The shop sold pipes and snuff.

Common phrases: take snuff, pinch of snuff, snuff box

The black, burnt part of the string inside a candle.

• She trimmed the snuff from the candle.
• Black snuff fell onto the table.
• He removed the snuff before lighting the candle again.

Common phrases: candle snuff, trim the snuff