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fume

 (fyo͞om)
n.
1. Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.
2. A strong or acrid odor.
3. A state of resentment or vexation.
v. fumed, fum·ing, fumes
v.tr.
1. To subject to or treat with fumes.
2. To give off in or as if in fumes.
v.intr.
1. To emit fumes.
2. To rise in fumes.
3. To feel or show resentment or vexation.

[Middle English, from Old French fum, from Latin fūmus.]
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fume

(fjuːm)
vb
1. (intr) to be overcome with anger or fury; rage
2. (Chemistry) 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. (Chemistry) (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]
ˈfumeless adj
ˈfumeˌlike adj
ˈfumer n
ˈfumingly adv
ˈfumy adj
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fume

(fyum)

n., v. fumed, fum•ing. n.
1. Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; poisonous fumes of carbon monoxide.
2. an irritable or angry mood: to be in a fume.
v.t.
3. to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor.
4. to treat with or expose to fumes.
v.i.
5. to show fretful irritation or anger: She always fumes when the mail is late.
6. to rise, or pass off, as fumes.
7. to emit fumes.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Old French fum < Latin fūmus smoke, steam]
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fume

(fyo͞om)
Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
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fume


Past participle: fumed
Gerund: fuming

Imperative
fume
fume
Present
I fume
you fume
he/she/it fumes
we fume
you fume
they fume
Preterite
I fumed
you fumed
he/she/it fumed
we fumed
you fumed
they fumed
Present Continuous
I am fuming
you are fuming
he/she/it is fuming
we are fuming
you are fuming
they are fuming
Present Perfect
I have fumed
you have fumed
he/she/it has fumed
we have fumed
you have fumed
they have fumed
Past Continuous
I was fuming
you were fuming
he/she/it was fuming
we were fuming
you were fuming
they were fuming
Past Perfect
I had fumed
you had fumed
he/she/it had fumed
we had fumed
you had fumed
they had fumed
Future
I will fume
you will fume
he/she/it will fume
we will fume
you will fume
they will fume
Future Perfect
I will have fumed
you will have fumed
he/she/it will have fumed
we will have fumed
you will have fumed
they will have fumed
Future Continuous
I will be fuming
you will be fuming
he/she/it will be fuming
we will be fuming
you will be fuming
they will be fuming
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fuming
you have been fuming
he/she/it has been fuming
we have been fuming
you have been fuming
they have been fuming
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fuming
you will have been fuming
he/she/it will have been fuming
we will have been fuming
you will have been fuming
they will have been fuming
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fuming
you had been fuming
he/she/it had been fuming
we had been fuming
you had been fuming
they had been fuming
Conditional
I would fume
you would fume
he/she/it would fume
we would fume
you would fume
they would fume
Past Conditional
I would have fumed
you would have fumed
he/she/it would have fumed
we would have fumed
you would have fumed
they would have fumed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.fume - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gasfume - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
aerosol - a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
gun smoke - smoke created by the firing of guns
smother - a stifling cloud of smoke
Verb1.fume - be mad, angry, or furious
feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
2.fume - emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
give out, emit, give off - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"
3.fume - treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
4.fume - be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

fume

verb
1. rage, boil, seethe, see red (informal), storm, rave, rant, smoulder, crack up (informal), go ballistic (slang, chiefly U.S.), champ at the bit (informal), blow a fuse (slang, chiefly U.S.), fly off the handle (informal), get hot under the collar (informal), go off the deep end (informal), wig out (slang), go up the wall (slang), get steamed up about (slang) I fumed when these women did not respond.
plural noun
noun
1. stench, stink, whiff (Brit. slang), reek, pong (Brit. informal), foul smell, niff (Brit. slang), malodour, mephitis, fetor, noisomeness stale alcohol fumes
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fume

noun
A condition of excited distress:
Informal: snit, state, sweat, swivet.
Slang: tizzy.
verb
To be or become angry:
Informal: steam.
Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack, breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling, lose one's temper, see red.
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Translations
غاز، دُخانيَستَشيطُ غَضَبا
dýmsoptitvýpar
damposraserøgskumme af raseri
dúl-fúl
krauma, sjóîa, vera öskuvondurreykur eîa gufa
degti pykčiudūmaigaraisiusti
dūmigaraiņiizgarojuminiknotiesskaisties
soptiť
dumanhiddetlenmeköfkelenmek

fume

[fjuːm]
A. VI
1. [chemicals etc] → humear, echar humo
2. (= be furious) → estar furioso, echar humo
to be fuming at or with sbechar pestes de algn
B. fumes NPL (gen) → humo msing, vapores mpl; (= gas) → gases mpl
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fume

[ˈfjuːm]
virager
to fume over sth → être furieux/euse au sujet de qch
vtrager fumes
nplémanations fpl
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fume

vi
(liquids)dampfen, rauchen; (gases)aufsteigen
(fig inf, person) → wütend sein, kochen (inf)
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fume

[fjuːm] vi (angry person) → essere furioso/a; (car exhaust) → fumare
to be fuming with rage at or about sth → fumare di rabbia per qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fume

(fjuːm) noun
smoke or vapour which can be seen or smelled. He smelled the petrol fumes.
verb
to be very angry whilst trying not to show it. He was fuming (with rage).
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

fume

vt. humear, emitir vapores o gases.
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My brethren, will ye suffocate in the fumes of their maws and appetites!
The smoke of forest fires hangs low over the surrounding landscape, its acrid fumes smarting the eyes of a little party of six who stand waiting the coming of the train that is to bear them away toward the south.
Sir Francis, who was familiar with the effects of the intoxication produced by the fumes of hemp, reassured his companions on her account.
For a minute, alcoholic fumes kept the captain speechless.
Beef and venison, humps and haunches, buffalo tongues and marrow-bones, were constantly cooking at every fire; and the whole atmosphere was redolent with the savory fumes of roast meat.
When they had forced a goblet of the fiery liquid upon him, Peter of Colfax regained his lost nerve enough so that he could raise his sword arm and defend himself; and as the fumes circulated through him, and the primal instinct of self-preservation asserted itself, he put up a more and more creditable fight, until those who watched thought that he might indeed have a chance to vanquish the Outlaw of Torn.
On the death of his father, Ralph Nickleby, who had been some time before placed in a mercantile house in London, applied himself passionately to his old pursuit of money-getting, in which he speedily became so buried and absorbed, that he quite forgot his brother for many years; and if, at times, a recollection of his old playfellow broke upon him through the haze in which he lived--for gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal--it brought along with it a companion thought, that if they were intimate he would want to borrow money of him.
The potent fluids of McGary were disquieted and they sent new fumes to his head.
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