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fume
1[ fyoom ]
noun
- Often fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.
- an irritable or angry mood:
He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.
verb (used with object)
, fumed, fum·ing.
- to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor:
giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.
- to treat with or expose to fumes.
fumé
2[ fy-mey ]
adjective
, French.
- of food, cured or flavored by exposure to smoke; smoked.
fume
/ fjuːm /
verb
- intr to be overcome with anger or fury; rage
- to give off (fumes) or (of fumes) to be given off, esp during a chemical reaction
- tr to subject to or treat with fumes; fumigate
noun
- often plural a pungent or toxic vapour
- a sharp or pungent odour
- a condition of anger
fume
/ fyo̅o̅m /
- Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
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Derived Forms
- ˈfumy, adjective
- ˈfumingly, adverb
- ˈfumer, noun
- ˈfumeless, adjective
- ˈfumeˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- fumeless adjective
- fumelike adjective
- fumer noun
- fuming·ly adverb
- un·fuming adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fume1
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French fum < Latin fūmus smoke, steam, fume
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fume1
C14: from Old French fum , from Latin fūmus smoke, vapour
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