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- Dictionaryfume/fjuːm/
noun
- 1. an amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale: "clouds of exhaust fumes spewed by cars" Similar
verb
- 1. feel, show, or express great anger: "‘We simply cannot have this’, she fumed" Similar
- 2. emit gas or vapour: "fragments of lava hit the ground, fuming and sizzling" Similar
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to be very angry, sometimes without expressing it: I saw her a week after they'd had the argument and she was still fuming. fume at The whole episode left me fuming at the injustice of it all. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. angry It does no good to get angry at him - it won't change the situation at all.
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 (such as air) 2. : something (such as an emotion) that impairs one's reasoning. sometimes his head gets a little hot with the fumes of patriotism Matthew Arnold.
to be very angry, sometimes without expressing it: I saw her a week after they'd had the argument and she was still fuming. fume at The whole episode left me fuming at the injustice of it all. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. angry It does no good to get angry at him - it won't change the situation at all. mad Are you mad at me?
Fume is the submicron particles formed by evaporation of the material and subsequent solidification in the gas stream.
A strong-smelling gas, smoke or vapor is also called a fume. In cartoons, when a character is fuming, it is often drawn with fumes coming out of its ears. You may fume about the inconsiderate person who sits in the car with the engine running, spewing clouds of exhaust fumes.
Fume definition: any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature. See examples of FUME used in a sentence.
1. (intr) to be overcome with anger or fury; rage. 2. (Chemistry) to give off (fumes) or (of fumes) to be given off, esp during a chemical reaction. 3. (tr) to subject to or treat with fumes; fumigate. n. 4.
