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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUME, n. [L. fumus.]
1. Smoke; vapor from combustion, as from burning wood or tobacco.
2. Vapor; volatile matter ascending in a dense body.
3. Exhalation from the stomach; as the fumes of wine.
4. Rage; heat; as the fumes of passion.
5. Any thing unsubstantial or fleeting.
6. Idle conceit; vain imagination.
FUME, v.i. [L. fumo.]
1. To smoke; to throw off vapor, as in combustion.
Where the golden altar fumed.
2. To yield vapor or visible exhalations.
Silenus lay, whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain.
3. To pass off in vapors.
Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity.
4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
He fret, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
FUME, v.t.
1. To smoke; to dry in smoke.
2. To perfume,
She fumed the temples with an od'rous flame.
3. To disperse or drive away in vapors.
The heat will fume away most of the scent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas [syn: smoke, fume] v
1: be mad, angry, or furious
2: emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming" [syn: fume, smoke]
3: treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests [syn: fumigate, fume]
4: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek, fume]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fum, from Latin fumus; akin to Old High German toumen to be fragrant, Sanskrit dh?ma smoke, Old Church Slavic dym? Date: 14th century 1. a. a smoke, vapor, or gas especially when irritating or offensive <engine exhaust fumes> b. an often noxious suspension of particles in a gas (as air) 2. something (as an emotion) that impairs one's reasoning <sometimes his head gets a little hot with the fumes of patriotism — Matthew Arnold> 3. a state of excited irritation or anger — usually used in the phrase in a fume • fumy adjective II. verb (fumed; fuming) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to expose to or treat with fumes 2. to give off in fumes <fuming thick black smoke> 3. to utter while in a state of excited irritation or anger intransitive verb 1. a. to emit fumes b. to be in a state of excited irritation or anger <fretted and fumed over the delay> 2. to rise in or as if in fumes

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 (usu. in pl.) exuded gas or smoke or vapour, esp. when harmful or unpleasant. 2 a fit of anger (in a fume). --v. 1 a intr. emit fumes. b tr. give off as fumes. 2 intr. (often foll. by at) be affected by (esp. suppressed) anger (was fuming at their inefficiency). 3 tr. a fumigate. b subject to fumes esp. those of ammonia (to darken tints in oak, photographic film, etc.). 4 tr. perfume with incense. Phrases and idioms: fume cupboard (or chamber etc.) a ventilated structure in a laboratory, for storing or experimenting with noxious chemicals. Derivatives: fumeless adj. fumingly adv. fumy adj. (in sense 1 of n.). Etymology: ME f. OF fum f. L fumus smoke & OF fume f. fumer f. L fumare to smoke

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fume Fume, n. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Where the golden altar fumed. --Milton. Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. --Roscommon. 2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. --Shak. 3. To pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their fixity. --Cheyne. 4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. --Sir W. Scott. To tame away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fume 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. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. The fumes of new shorn hay. --T. Warton. The fumes of undigested wine. --Dryden. 2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South. 3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. A show of fumes and fancies. --Bacon. 4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. To smother him with fumes and eulogies. --Burton. In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. --Dryden. 2. To praise inordinately; to flatter. They demi-deify and fume him so. --Cowper. 3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. The heat will fume away most of the scent. --Montimer. How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! --Young.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fumes, fuming, fumed) 1. Fumes are the unpleasant and often unhealthy smoke and gases that are produced by fires or by things such as chemicals, fuel, or cooking. ...car exhaust fumes... N-PLURAL 2. If you fume over something, you express annoyance and anger about it. He was still fuming over the remark... 'It's monstrous!' Jackie fumed... VERB: V over/at/about n, V with quote

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Smoke, vapor, steam, exhalation, effluvium, reek. 2. Passion, rage, pet, fry, fret, storm, agitation, stew (colloq.). II. v. n. 1. Smoke, reek, emit, vapor, throw off vapor, give out exhalations. 2. Rage, rave, fret, bluster, storm, chafe, flare up, be in a passion, be in a rage, fly off at a tangent.

Moby Thesaurus

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