noun, verb, fumed, fum⋅ing.| 1. | Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. 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. |
| 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. |
| 6. | to rise, or pass off, as fumes: smoke fuming from an ashtray. |
| 7. | to emit fumes: The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly. |

fume (fy m) Pronunciation Key
Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly. |