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Princeton's WordNet

  1. smoke, fumeverb

    a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

  2. fumeverb

    be mad, angry, or furious

  3. fume, smokeverb

    emit a cloud of fine particles

    "The chimney was fuming"

  4. fumigate, fumeverb

    treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests

  5. reek, fumeverb

    be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

Wiktionary

  1. fumenoun

    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. (A micron is one millionth of a metre)

    Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.

  2. fumenoun

    A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.

  3. fumeverb

    Emit fumes.

  4. fumeverb

    Expose something (especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.

  5. fumeverb

    To feel or express great anger.

    He's still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fumenoun

    Etymology: fumée, French; fumus, Latin.

    Thus fighting fires a while themselves consume;
    But streight, like Turks, forc’d on to win or die,
    They first lay tender bridges of their fume,
    And o’er the breach in unctuous vapours fly. Dryden.

    Love is a smoke rais’d with the fume of sighs;
    Being purg’d, a fire sparkling in lovers eyes. William Shakespeare.

    It were good to try the taking of fumes by pipes, as they do in tobacco, of other things, to dry and comfort. Francis Bacon.

    In Winter, when the heat without is less, it becomes so far condensed as to be visible, flowing out of the mouth in form of a fume, or crasser vapour; and may, by proper vessels, set in a strong freezing mixture, be collected in a considerable quantity. John Woodward, Natural History.

    The fumes of drink discompose and stupify the brains of a man overcharged with it. Robert South, Sermons.

    Plung’d in sloth we lie, and snore supine,
    As fill’d with fumes of undigested wine. John Dryden, Pers. Sat.

    Pow’r, like new wine, does your weak brain surprize,
    And its mad fumes in hot discourses rise;
    But time these yielding vapours will remove:
    Mean while I’ll taste the sober joys of love. John Dryden, Auren.

    The fumes of his passion do really intoxicate and confound his judging and discerning faculty. South.

    When Duncan is asleep, his two chamberlains
    Will I with wine and wassel so convince,
    That memory, the warder of the brain,
    Shall be a fume. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Plato’s great year would have some effect, not in renewing the state of like individuals; for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have, but in gross. Francis Bacon, Essay 59.

    To lay aside all that may seem to have a shew of fumes and fancies, and to speak solids, a war with Spain is a mighty work. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.

  2. To Fumeverb

    Those that serve for hot countries they used at first to fume, by hanging them upon long sticks one by one, and drying them with the smoke of a soft fire. Carew.

    She fum’d the temples with an od’rous flame,
    And oft before the sacred altars came,
    To pray for him who was an empty name. Dryden.

    The fuming of the holes with brimstone, garlick, or other unsavory things, will drive moles out of the ground. John Mortimer.

    The heat will fume away most of the scent. John Mortimer.

  3. To Fumeverb

    Etymology: fumer, French; fumo, Latin.

    Their pray’rs pass’d
    Dimensionless through heav’nly doors; then clad
    With incense, where the golden altar fum’d,
    By their great intercessor; came in sight
    Before the Father’s throne. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

    From thence the fuming trail began to spread,
    And lambent glories danc’d about her head. John Dryden, Æn.

    Strait hover round the fair her airy band;
    Some, as she sipp’d, the fuming liquor fann’d. Alexander Pope.

    Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts,
    Keep his brain fuming. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    Silenus lay,
    Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain,
    And always boil in each extended vein. Wentworth Dillon.

    We have
    No anger in our eyes, no storm, no lightning:
    Our hate is spent and fum’d away in vapour,
    Before our hands be at work. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

    Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity, and also by the vast weight and density of the atmospheres incumbent upon them. George Cheyne, Phil. Princ.

    The first fresh dawn then wak’d the gladden’d race
    Of uncorrupted man, nor blush’d to see
    The sluggard sleep beneath its sacred beam;
    For their light slumbers gentle fum’d away. James Thomson, Spring.

    When he knew his rival free’d and gone,
    He swells with wrath; he makes outrageous moan:
    He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground,
    The hollow tow’r with clamours rings around. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. fume

    A fume is a gas, smoke, or vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. It usually arises from burning or heated substances, chemical reactions or other processes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fumenoun

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

  2. Fumenoun

    rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion

  3. Fumenoun

    anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination

  4. Fumenoun

    the incense of praise; inordinate flattery

  5. Fumenoun

    to smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor

  6. Fumenoun

    to be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied

  7. Fumenoun

    to pass off in fumes or vapors

  8. Fumenoun

    to be in a rage; to be hot with anger

  9. Fumeverb

    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. Fumeverb

    to praise inordinately; to flatter

  11. Fumeverb

    to throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor

  12. Etymology: [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dhma smoke, dh to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy`ein to sacrifice, storm, rage, qy`mon, qy`mos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf. OF. fum smoke, F. fume. Cf. Dust, n., Femerell, Thyme.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fume in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fume in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of fume in a Sentence

  1. Adam Mosseri:

    The issue of fake news on Facebook has been a hot topic for months, particularly during the recent U.S. presidential election. In one hoax article, for example, Pope Francis was falsely reported to have endorsed Donald Trump. FACEBOOK's' FAKE NEWS' HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR SOCIAL MEDIA REVAMP, EXPERTS SAY Facebook’s Trending Topics section also fell prey to some high-profile fake stories after the social network implemented an algorithmic feed this summer. These included a false article that Fox News had fired anchor Megyn Kelly and a hoax article about the Sept. 11 attacks. On another occasion a seemingly innocent hashtag that appeared in Trending Topics linked to an inappropriate video. The social network announced Thursday that it will make it easier for users to report fake news when they see it, which they can do by clicking the upper right hand corner of a post. If enough people report a story as fake, Facebook will pass it to third-party fact-checking organizations that are part of the nonprofit Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network. Five fact-checking and news organizations are working with the company on this : The Associated Press, The Associated Press, FactCheck.org, Politifact and Snopes. Facebook says this group is likely to expand. FACEBOOK BLOCKS CAR INSURER FROM PROFILING USERS In his blog post, Adam Mosseri explained that if the fact-checking organizations identify a story as a fake, it will get flagged as disputed and there will be a link to a corresponding article explaining why. Stories that have been disputed may also appear lower in News Feed, he added. While users will still be able to share these stories, they will receive a warning that the story has been disputed. Additionally, once a story is flagged, it can not be made into an ad and promoted, according to Facebook. The Menlo Park, California-based firm will also be looking for signs that a story has misled people in some way, such as instances where people are significantly less likely to share a story after reading it. FACEBOOK EMPLOYEES FUME AFTER PUSH TO CENSOR TRUMP POSTS REBUFFED Facebook, which gave a preview of its anti-fake news strategy last month, is also looking to disrupt financial incentives for spammers. On the buying side we’ve eliminated the ability to spoof domains, which will reduce the prevalence of sites that pretend to be real publications.

  2. William Shakespeare, Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, act 1, sc. 1.:

    Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

  3. Dianne Feinstein:

    You know whats interesting about this group?, ive been doing this for 30 years. I know what Im doing. You come in here, and you say it has to be my way or the highway. I dont respond to that, Feinstein continued. Ive gotten elected, I just ran. I was elected by almost a million-vote plurality. And I know what Im doing. So you know, maybe people should listen a little bit. Sunrise Movement, an organization that describes itself as wanting to stop climate change, shared a clip of the exchange on its Twitter page Friday. This is how @SenFeinstein reacted to children asking her to support the #GreenNewDeal resolution -- with smugness + disrespect. This is a fight for our generations survival. Her reaction is why young people desperately want new leadership in Congress, the tweet with the video said. HARRIS, FEINSTEIN FUME AFTER WHITE HOUSE RE-NOMINATES TWO CONSERVATIVE CALIFORNIA JUDGES The video begins with the group explaining that they wanted to present a letter to Feinstein and ask her.

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  • ثار, استشاط غضباArabic
  • димя, ядосвам се, дим, гневя се, пуша, изпарениеBulgarian
  • schäumen, qualmen, Qualm, rauchen, RauchGerman
  • echar humo, humear, humoSpanish
  • puhista raivosta, kihistä kiukusta, höyrytä, höyryFinnish
  • fulminerFrench
  • rodersi, battere i piedi, rodersi il fegato, fumare, mangarsi il fegatoItalian
  • 연기Korean
  • fumaçaPortuguese
  • ควันThai
  • tütmek, is, köpürmek, duman, külTurkish
  • 烟Chinese

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