Definition of fume Fume

/fjuˈm/ - [fyum] - fume

We found 23 definitions of fume from 6 different sources.

What does fume mean?

Verb fumes, fuming, fumed
fume - emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
		smoke
		give off, emit, give out have as a by-product; "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities"
fume - be mad, angry, or furious
		experience, feel go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
fume - treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
		fumigate
		process, treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
fume - be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
		reek
		exudate, ooze out, transude, exude, ooze release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"

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fume (Noun)
A gas or vapour/ vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e. g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0. 1 and 1 micron.
fume (Noun)
A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
fume (Verb)
Emit fumes.
fume (Verb)
Expose something especially wood to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.
fume (Verb)
To feel or express great anger.

fume (n.)
Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
fume (n.)
Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
fume (n.)
Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
fume (n.)
The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
fume (n.)
To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
fume (n.)
To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
fume (n.)
To pass off in fumes or vapors.
fume (n.)
To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
fume (v. t.)
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.
fume (v. t.)
To praise inordinately; to flatter.
fume (v. t.)
To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.

fume
Solids in the air that have been generated by the condensation of vapors, chemical reactions or sublimation (a direct change from solid to gas). Often metallic oxides or metals, these particles are less than 1 micrometer in diameter and may be toxic.\n(Source: ALL)

fume
fūm, n. smoke or vapour: any volatile matter: heat of mind, rage, a passionate person: anything unsubstantial, vain conceit.—v.i. to smoke: to throw off vapour: to be in a rage: to offer incense to.—n. Fum′atory, a place for smoking or fumigation.—adjs. Fū′mid, smoky; Fumif′erous, producing fumes.—n. Fumos′ity, quality of being fumous: (pl.) the fumes arising from over eating or drinking.—adjs. Fum′ous, Fumose′, Fum′y, producing fumes. [O. Fr. fum—L. fumus, smoke.]

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