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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.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
- to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor:
giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.
- to treat with or expose to fumes.
verb (used without object)
- to rise, or pass off, as fumes:
smoke fuming from an ashtray.
- to emit fumes:
The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.
- to show fretful irritation or anger:
She always fumes when the mail is late.
Synonyms: ,
ڳܳé
2[ fy-mey ]
adjective
- of food, cured or flavored by exposure to smoke; smoked.
fume
/ ː /
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
- Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
Derived Forms
- ˈڳܳ, adjective
- ˈڳܳԲ, adverb
- ˈڳܳ, noun
- ˈڳܳ, adjective
- ˈڳܳˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ڳܳl adjective
- ڳܳl adjective
- ڳܳİ noun
- ڳܳiԲ· adverb
- ܲ·ڳܳiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fume1
Word History and Origins
Origin of fume1
Example Sentences
"He has played with anger. I have been here, you are fuming and want to knock the manager's door down. He channelled that in the right way," Redknapp added.
"Why limit yourself? Why breathe in the exhaust fumes? Why be toxic? Come over here where the life and light and air and sound is."
"Every match has been a grind. This Real Madrid side has looked like a team running on fumes."
And then there’s Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow — once a proud free trader, now just another guy huffing Trump fumes — saying, “Buying cheap goods is not a real prosperity.”
I distinctly remember the heat and fumes from 37 funeral pyres burning simultaneously under the April sun at a Delhi crematorium.
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