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Fume Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fume? [n] a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas [v] be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [v] be mad, angry, or furious [v] treat with fumes, expose to fumes, esp. with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests [v] emit fumes Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fume: fumigate \| reek \| smoke \| smoke Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fume: achromatize \| ado \| aerate \| aerify \| afterdamp \| agitation \| anhydrate \| aroma \| ash \| ashes \| atomize \| be livid \| be pissed \| blackdamp \| blanch \| blast-freeze \| bleach \| blow \| blow a gasket \| blow up \| bluster \| bobbery \| boil \| boil over \| boiling \| brand \| brawl \| breath \| breathe out \| brine \| bristle \| broil \| brouhaha \| browned off \| burn \| bustle \| cacophony \| calx \| carbon \| carbonate \| carry on \| chafe \| chaos \| charcoal \| chlorinate \| chokedamp \| churn \| cinder \| clinker \| cloud \| coal \| coke \| commotion \| conturbation \| cure \| damp \| decolor \| decolorize \| definite odor \| dehydrate \| desiccate \| detectable odor \| dim \| discolor \| discomposure \| disorder \| disquiet \| disquietude \| distill \| disturbance \| drain \| drain of color \| dross \| dry \| dry-cure \| dry-salt \| dudgeon \| dull \| ebullience \| ebullition \| eddy \| effervescence \| effluvium \| emanation \| embalm \| embroilment \| emit \| essence \| etherify \| etherize \| etiolate \| evacuate \| evaporate \| excitement \| exhalation \| exhale \| exhaust \| expire \| explode \| fade \| fanaticism \| feery-fary \| ferment \| fermentation \| fetid air \| fever \| feverishness \| fidgets \| firedamp \| flap \| flare up \| flatus \| flavor \| flip out \| fluid \| fluidize \| flurry \| fluster \| flutteration \| foam \| foment \| fomentation \| foofaraw \| fractionate \| fragrance \| freeze \| freeze-dry \| frenzy \| fret \| fumes \| fumigate \| furor \| furore \| fury \| fuss \| gas \| gasify \| give off \| give out \| give vent to \| go on \| have a conniption \| high dudgeon \| hubbub \| huff \| hurly-burly \| hurry \| hurry-scurry \| hydrogenate \| inquietude \| irradiate \| jerk \| jitters \| jumpiness \| kipper \| lava \| let out \| maelstrom \| malaise \| malaria \| marinade \| marinate \| mephitis \| miasma \| miff \| moil \| mummify \| nerviness \| nervosity \| nervousness \| odor \| open the floodgates \| open the sluices \| oxygenate \| pale \| pandemonium \| passion \| pell-mell \| perfume \| peroxide \| perturbation \| pet \| pickle \| pique \| pissed off \| pollution \| preservatize \| puff \| puff of smoke \| quick-freeze \| racket \| rage \| raise Cain \| raise hell \| raise the devil \| raise the roof \| rant \| rant and rave \| rave \| redolence \| reek \| refrigerate \| restlessness \| roil \| rout \| row \| ruckus \| ruffle \| rumpus \| salt \| savor \| scent \| scoria \| season \| seethe \| seething \| send out \| simmer \| sizzle \| slag \| smell \| smog \| smoke \| smoke-cure \| smolder \| smoulder \| smudge \| smut \| soot \| spoor \| spray \| steam \| stench \| stew \| stink \| stir \| storm \| storminess \| stuff \| sublimate \| sublime \| subtle odor \| sullage \| sweat \| swirl \| swirling \| swivet \| take on \| tarnish \| tempestuousness \| throw a fit \| throw off \| tiff \| tizzy \| to-do \| tone down \| trace \| trail \| trepidation \| trepidity \| tumult \| tumultuation \| tumultuousness \| turbidity \| turbulence \| turmoil \| twitter \| unease \| unrest \| uproar \| upset \| vapor \| vaporize \| volatile \| volatilize \| vortex \| wash out \| water vapor \| whiff \| whirl \| whiten \| wildness \| yeastiness \| zeal \| zealousness See Also \| aerosol \| emit \| experience \| exudate \| exude \| feel \| give off \| give out \| gun smoke \| ooze \| ooze out \| process \| smother \| transude \| treat Fume In Webster's Dictionary \Fume\ (f[=u]m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh[=u]ma smoke, dh[=u] to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy`ein to sacrifice, storm, rage, qy`mon, qy`mos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf. OF. fum smoke, F. fum['e]e. Cf. {Dust}, n., {Femerell}, {Thyme}.] 1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. The fumes of new shorn hay. --T. Warton. The fumes of undigested wine. --Dryden. 2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South. 3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. A show of fumes and fancies. --Bacon. 4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. To smother him with fumes and eulogies. --Burton. {In a fume}, in ill temper, esp. from impatience. \Fume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fuming}.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See {Fume}, n.] 1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. Where the golden altar fumed. --Milton. Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. --Roscommon. 2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. --Shak. 3. To pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their fixity. --Cheyne. 4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. --Sir W. Scott. {To tame away}, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes. \Fume\, v. t. 1. To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room. She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. --Dryden. 2. To praise inordinately; to flatter. They demi-deify and fume him so. --Cowper. 3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. The heat will fume away most of the scent. --Montimer. How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! --Young. \Fume\, n. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).

Fume Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fume?

[n] a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
[v] be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
[v] be mad, angry, or furious
[v] treat with fumes, expose to fumes, esp. with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
[v] emit fumes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fume: fumigate | reek | smoke | smoke

Fume In Webster's Dictionary

\Fume\ (f[=u]m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh[=u]ma smoke,
dh[=u] to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy`ein to sacrifice,
storm, rage, qy`mon, qy`mos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf.
OF. fum smoke, F. fum['e]e. Cf. {Dust}, n., {Femerell},
{Thyme}.]
1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke)
   ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the
   fumes of tobacco.

         The fumes of new shorn hay.           --T. Warton.

         The fumes of undigested wine.         --Dryden.

2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of
   self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South.

3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit;
   vain imagination.

         A show of fumes and fancies.          --Bacon.

4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

         To smother him with fumes and eulogies. --Burton.

{In a fume}, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.


\Fume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fuming}.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See {Fume}, n.]
1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical
   action; to rise up, as vapor.

         Where the golden altar fumed.         --Milton.

         Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his
         brain.                                --Roscommon.

2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

         Keep his brain fuming.                --Shak.

3. To pass off in fumes or vapors.

         Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their
         fixity.                               --Cheyne.

4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.

         He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
                                               --Dryden.

         While her mother did fret, and her father did fume.
                                               --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

{To tame away}, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to
   storm; also, to pass off in fumes.


\Fume\, v. t.
1. To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors,
   smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with
   sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a
   room.

         She fumed the temple with an odorous flame.
                                               --Dryden.

2. To praise inordinately; to flatter.

         They demi-deify and fume him so.      --Cowper.

3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.

         The heat will fume away most of the scent.
                                               --Montimer.

         How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain!
                                               --Young.


\Fume\, n. (Metal.)
Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead
fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).

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