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fume
1[fyoom]
noun
Often fumes any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature.
tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.
an irritable or angry mood.
He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor.
giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.
to treat with or expose to fumes.
verb (used without object)
to rise, or pass off, as fumes.
smoke fuming from an ashtray.
to emit fumes.
The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.
to show fretful irritation or anger.
She always fumes when the mail is late.
Synonyms: ,
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2[f
adjective
of food, cured or flavored by exposure to smoke; smoked.
fume
/ ː /
verb
(intr) to be overcome with anger or fury; rage
to give off (fumes) or (of fumes) to be given off, esp during a chemical reaction
(tr) to subject to or treat with fumes; fumigate
noun
(often plural) a pungent or toxic vapour
a sharp or pungent odour
a condition of anger
fume
Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
Other Word Forms
- fumeless adjective
- fumelike adjective
- fumer noun
- fumingly adverb
- unfuming adjective
- ˈڳܳ adjective
- ˈڳܳԲ adverb
- ˈڳܳ noun
- ˈڳܳ adjective
- ˈڳܳˌ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fume1
Word History and Origins
Origin of fume1
Example Sentences
A woman who was wrongly accused of shoplifting toilet roll due to an apparent mix-up with a facial recognition system was left "fuming" after being ejected from two Home Bargains stores.
His first job, at 13, was soldering lead at a jewelry maker for 12 hours a day, breathing in the acrid fumes.
If Pulisic and the others don’t take a break now, they could head into the World Cup year running on fumes.
Every day, as my colleague Thomas Curwen described it a few years ago, the big rigs take a shortcut through a small Wilmington neighborhood, sending out dirt and noise and diesel fumes.
"From a funding perspective, cricket costs so much to run. Our resources are extremely sparse - we're almost running on fumes to try and have our women's programme exist," says director of performance Steve Snell.
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