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# snuff

verb (snuff, snuffs, snuffed, snuffing; snuff out); noun (snuff — uncountable)

«snuff» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To snuff (or snuff out) a candle is to put out its flame, often by pressing it or covering it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#m1)
2. To snuff out something is to stop it or end it suddenly: they snuffed out the fire, the rain snuffed out our hopes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#m2)
3. Snuff is tobacco ground into powder that some people sniff up the nose; it is harmful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#m3)
4. (informal) «Up to snuff» means good enough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#m4)
5. (rude, slang) «Snuff it» means to die. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories you snuff out candles, flames and fires. In history stories, rich people carried snuff boxes. In safety lessons snuff is a tobacco product that harms health. Phrases: snuff out a candle, snuff out a fire, up to snuff, snuff it.

### Examples

- Please snuff out the candles before you go to bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#x1)
- The firefighters quickly snuffed out the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#x2)
- She used a little metal cap to snuff the flame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#x3)
- The old man took a pinch of snuff from a silver box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#x4)
- Your homework is not up to snuff, so please do it again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#x5)
- The goldfish finally snuffed it, said my cheeky brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#x6)
- The rain snuffed out the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#x7)
- On the mound sat the Cricket and took snuff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/#x8)

### Note

«Snuff» as tobacco is uncountable: some snuff, a pinch of snuff. «Snuff it» is a rough, joking way to say «die» — not polite to use about real people. Do not mix up with «sniff» (breathe in through your nose to smell) or «stuff».

## In Jewish tradition

The word does not appear in the texts in this form. The related word "snuffers" names Temple tools. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and stories you snuff out candles, flames and fires. In history stories, rich people carried snuff boxes. In safety lessons snuff is a tobacco product that harms health. Phrases: snuff out a candle, snuff out a fire, up to snuff, snuff it.

### Note

«Snuff» as tobacco is uncountable: some snuff, a pinch of snuff. «Snuff it» is a rough, joking way to say «die» — not polite to use about real people. Do not mix up with «sniff» (breathe in through your nose to smell) or «stuff».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «snuff» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuff/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«snuff» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snuff.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «snuff» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«snuff» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/snuff.html) on Mova free.