fume

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: smokefumigatereek

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gasSynonyms: smoke

Verb (4)

  1. be mad, angry, or furious
  2. emit a cloud of fine particles“The chimney was fuming”Synonyms: smoke
  3. treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pestsSynonyms: fumigate
  4. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's faceSynonyms: reek
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

The fumes of new shorn hay.— T. Warton.[1913 Webster]
The fumes of undigested wine.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South. [1913 Webster]

3.Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. [1913 Webster]

A show of fumes and fancies.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

4.The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. [1913 Webster]

To smother him with fumes and eulogies.— Burton.[1913 Webster]

5.(Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience. [1913 Webster]

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.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To praise inordinately; to flatter. [1913 Webster]

They demi-deify and fume him so.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]

3.To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. [1913 Webster]

The heat will fume away most of the scent.— Montimer.[1913 Webster]
How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain!— Young.[1913 Webster]
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 fumed.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain.— Roscommon.[1913 Webster]

2.To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. [1913 Webster]

Keep his brain fuming.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To pass off in fumes or vapors. [1913 Webster]

Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity.— Cheyne.[1913 Webster]

4.To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. [1913 Webster]

He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
While her mother did fret, and her father did fume.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

To fume away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes. [1913 Webster]

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