fume

fume: —fumeless, adj. —fumelike, adj. —fumer, n. —fumingly, adv.

/fyoohm/, n., v., fumed, fuming.

n.

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.

v.t.

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.

v.i.

6. to rise, or pass off, as fumes: smoke fuming from an ashtray.

7. to emit fumes: The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.

[1350-1400; ME < OF fum < L fumus smoke, steam, fume]

Syn. 2. rage, fury, agitation, storm. 5. chafe, fret.

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Synonyms:

Smoke, vapor, steam, exhalation, effluvium, reek, Smoke, reek, emit, vapor, throw off vapor, give out exhalations / Passion, rage, pet, fry, fret, storm, agitation, stew (colloq.), Rage, rave, fret, bluster, storm, chafe, flare up, be in a passion, be in a rage, fly off at a tangent

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fume — fume … Dictionnaire des rimes
fumé — fumé … Dictionnaire des rimes
fumé — fumé, ée 1. (fu mé, mée) part. passé de fumer1. 1° Exposé à la fumée. Jambon fumé. Verres fumés, verres exposés à la fumée, dont on se sert pour observer les éclipses. Verre fumé se dit aussi d un verre de couleur de fumée employé pour… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Fume — 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. [1913 Webster] Where the golden altar… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fume — 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. [1913 Webster] She fumed the temple with an odorous flame.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fume — fume; fume·less; per·fume·less; per·fume; … English syllables
Fume — is an English Punk/Alternative Rock/Post Grunge band, and is the brain child of lead singer Jon Ham. With no fixed members other than Ham, some have called it The Jon Ham Band .Fume are currently working on their first album, entitled The Lonely… … Wikipedia
fumé — agg. [dal fr. fumé, part. pass. di fumer fumare; affumicare ]. [di colore grigio fumo: calze f. ; vetro f. ] ▶◀ affumicato, (lett.) bronzato, bronzeo, brunito. ‖ scuro … Enciclopedia Italiana
fume — [fju:m] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: fumer, from Latin fumus smoke ] 1.) [I and T] to be angry about something fume at/over/about ▪ She sat in the car, silently fuming about what he d said. ▪ You ve no right to be here, he fumed. 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
fume — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. fum smoke, steam, vapor, breath, from L. fumus smoke, steam, fume (Cf. It. fumo, Sp. humo), from PIE *dheu (Cf. Skt. dhumah, O.C.S. dymu, Lith. dumai, O.Prus. dumis smoke, M.Ir. dumacha fog … Etymology dictionary

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