Definitions of fume [fyum]

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Definition of 'fume'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fume
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful nature:
tobacco fumes; poisonous fumes of carbon monoxide.

2.  fume
an irritable or angry mood:
to be in a fume.

3. (v.t.) fume
to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor.

4.  fume
to treat with or expose to fumes.

5. (v.i.) fume
to show fretful irritation or anger:
She always fumes when the mail is late.

6.  fume
to rise, or pass off, as fumes.

7.  fume
to emit fumes.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < OF fum < L fūmus smoke, steam)

Definition of 'fume'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) smoke, fume
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

2. (verb) fume
be mad, angry, or furious

3. (verb) fume, smoke
emit a cloud of fine particles
"The chimney was fuming"

4. (verb) fumigate, fume
treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests

5. (verb) reek, fume
be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

Definition of 'fume'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) fume
to be very angry
I was secretly fuming over/about it.

Definition of 'fume'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) fume
exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco

2. (noun) fume
rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion

3. (noun) fume
anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination

4. (noun) fume
the incense of praise; inordinate flattery

5. (noun) fume
to smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor

6. (noun) fume
to be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied

7. (noun) fume
to pass off in fumes or vapors

8. (noun) fume
to be in a rage; to be hot with anger

9. (verb) fume
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

10. (verb) fume
to praise inordinately; to flatter

11. (verb) fume
to throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor

Translation of 'fume'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: smoke or vapour which can be seen or smelled He smelled the petrol fumes.
Afrikaans: damp	Arabic: غاز، دُخان	Bulgarian: изпарение
Brazilian: gás	Czech: dým; výpar	German: der Rauch, der Dunst
Danish: røg; os; damp	Greek: αναθυμίαση	Spanish: humo
Estonian: ving	Farsi: گاز	Finnish: huuru
French: fumée, vapeur (de)	Hebrew: אֵד	Hindi: तेज गन्ध से युक्त धुआं
Croatian: isparina, zagušljiva para	Hungarian: füst, gőz	Indonesian: uap
Icelandic: reykur eða gufa	Italian: fumo, esalazione	Japanese: 煙
Korean: 가스, 연기	Lithuanian: dūmai, garai	Latvian: dūmi; garaiņi; tvaiks; iz
Malay: wasap	Dutch: damp	Norwegian: røyk, damp
Polish: opary, wyziewy	Persian: گاز	Pashto: لوګى، بخار، ګاز، دود
Portuguese: fumo	Romanian: fum, aburi (de)	Russian: дым; испарение
Slovak: dym; výpary	Slovenian: dim, hlapi	Serbian: isparenje
Swedish: rök, dunst[er], ånga, ång	Thai: ควัน; ไอ	Turkish: duman
Taiwanese: 氣體	Ukrainian: пара	Urdu: بھاپ ، دھنواں
Vietnamese: khói, hơi	Chinese: 气体
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