Fume

Definition:

  • (n.) Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
  • (n.) Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
  • (n.) Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
  • (n.) The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
  • (n.) To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
  • (n.) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
  • (n.) To pass off in fumes or vapors.
  • (n.) To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To praise inordinately; to flatter.
  • (v. t.) To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.

Compare fume with other words:

fume vs. fumet

fume vs. fuse

fume vs. fumed

fume vs. fuze

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feme vs. fume

fum vs. fume

fame vs. fume

fume vs. injure

exactly vs. fume

effumability vs. fume

fume vs. fumous

fume vs. suffumigation

fume vs. fumeless

fume vs. fumelike

fume vs. glower

fume vs. mist

denote vs. fume

fume vs. stink

fume vs. fumy

fume vs. smoke

fume vs. seethe

blameworthy vs. fume

emission vs. fume

fume vs. fumigate

anger vs. fume

express vs. fume

feel vs. fume

flocculate vs. fume

fume vs. inhale

fume vs. gas

fume vs. reek

fume vs. vapour

fume vs. steam

fume vs. vapor

fume vs. suggest

fume vs. literal

fume vs. untrue