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noun
1.
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.
2.
an irritable or angry mood: He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.
verb (used with object)
3.
to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor: giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.
4.
to treat with or expose to fumes.
5.
to show fretful irritation or anger: She always fumes when the mail is late.
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verb (used without object)
6.
to rise, or pass off, as fumes: smoke fuming from an ashtray.
7.
to emit fumes: The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French fum < Latin fūmus smoke, steam, fume
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French fum < Latin fūmus smoke, steam, fume
Related forms
fume·less, adjective
fume·like, adjective
fum·er, noun
fum·ing·ly, adverb
un·fum·ing, adjective
Synonyms
2. rage, fury, agitation, storm. 5. chafe, fret.
2. rage, fury, agitation, storm. 5. chafe, fret.
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World English Dictionary
fume (fjuːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to be overcome with anger or fury; rage |
| 2. | to give off (fumes) or (of fumes) to be given off, esp during a chemical reaction |
| 3. | (tr) to subject to or treat with fumes; fumigate |
| —n | |
| 4. | (often plural) a pungent or toxic vapour |
| 5. | a sharp or pungent odour |
| 6. | a condition of anger |
| [C14: from Old French fum, from Latin fūmus smoke, vapour] | |
| 'fumeless | |
| —adj | |
| 'fumelike | |
| —adj | |
| 'fumer | |
| —n | |
| 'fumingly | |
| —adv | |
| 'fumy | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
fume
late 14c., from O.Fr. fum "smoke, steam, vapor," from L. fumus "smoke" (v.), from PIE *dhumo- (cf. Skt. dhumah, O.C.S. dymu, Lith. dumai, O.Prus. dumis "smoke," M.Ir. dumacha "fog," Gk. thymos "spirit, mind, soul"). The verb is first recorded c.1400, from O.Fr. fumer, from L. fumare "to smoke, steam;"
figurative sense of "show anger" is first recorded 1520s. Related: Fumed; fuming.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
fume  (fy m) Pronunciation Key
Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly. |
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Example sentences
Exposure to these fumes is known to cause metal fume fever.
And you don't inhale toxic fume to make your pennies.
Fume hood diversity is the percentage of hoods in a laboratory facility that are being used simultaneously.
Fume hoods do not generate noise but amplify noises generated in the exhaust system.
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