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fume

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fume  (fym)
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 fmus.]

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
1. (Chemistry) (often plural) a pungent or toxic vapour
2. a sharp or pungent odour
3. a condition of anger
[from Old French fum, from Latin fūmus smoke, vapour]
fumeless  adj
fumelike  adj
fumer  n
fumingly  adv
fumy  adj

fume  (fym)
Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fumefume - 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"

fume
verb
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
stench, stink, whiff (Brit. slang), reek, pong (Brit. informal), foul smell, niff (Brit. slang), malodour, mephitis, fetor, noisomeness stale alcohol fumes
Translations
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

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

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

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
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

fume
n fume [fjuːm]
smoke or vapour which can be seen or smelled He smelled the petrol fumes. damp غاز، دُخان изпарение dým; výpar røg; os; damp der Rauch,der Dunst αναθυμίαση humo ving گاز huuru fumée, vapeur (de) אֵד तेज गन्ध से युक्त धुआं isparina, zagušljiva para füst, gőz uap reykur eða gufa fumo, esalazione 가스, 연기 dūmai, garai dūmi; garaiņi; tvaiks; izgarojumi wasap damp røyk, damp opary, wyziewy fumo fum, aburi (de) дым; испарение dym; výpary dim, hlapi isparenje rök, dunst[], ånga, ångor ควัน; ไอ duman 氣體 пара بھاپ ، دھنواں khói, hơi
v
to be very angry whilst trying not to show it He was fuming (with rage). stomend يَستَشيطُ غَضَبا гневя се soptit rase; skumme af raseri kochen αφρίζω από το κακό μου echar humo, subirse por las paredes, echar chispas (vihast) keema خشمگین بودن kihistä hors de soi לְהִתפָּרֵץ בְּכַעַס क्रोध करना, धुआं लगायी हुई bjesnjeti, pariti se dúl-fúl berang krauma, sjóða, vera öskuvondur essere furioso いきり立つ 불끈하다, 화가 나다 degti pykčiu, siusti (pie sevis) skaisties; niknoties meradang koken rase, dirre av sinne wściekać się espumar a clocoti кипеть от злобы soptiť pihati (od jeze) kipeti vara sprickfärdig av ilska พลุ่งพล่านด้วยความโกรธมาก hiddetlenmek, öfkelenmek 發怒 кипіти غصہ ہونا cáu kỉnh, nổi đoá


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To divert my mind, I took up the newspaper which had covered the little basket of refreshments, and which now lay at the bottom of the coach, blushing with a deep-red stain and emitting a potent spirituous fume from the contents of the broken bottle of Kalydor.
Neither let any prince, or state, be secure concerning discontentments, because they have been often, or have been long, and yet no peril hath ensued: for as it is true, that every vapor or fume doth not turn into a storm; so it is nevertheless true, that storms, though they blow over divers times, yet may fall at last; and, as the Spanish proverb noteth well, The cord breaketh at the last by the weakest pull.
and other cries, arose in many voices from various parts of the densely crowded and suffocatingly close Hall, in which the orator, perched on a stage, delivered himself of this and what other froth and fume he had in him.
 
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