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fume

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[ fyoom ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. an irritable or angry mood:

    He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.

    Synonyms: , , ,



verb (used with object)

fumed, fuming.
  1. to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor:

    giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.

  2. to treat with or expose to fumes.

verb (used without object)

fumed, fuming.
  1. to rise, or pass off, as fumes:

    smoke fuming from an ashtray.

  2. to emit fumes:

    The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.

  3. to show fretful irritation or anger:

    She always fumes when the mail is late.

    Synonyms: ,

ڳܳé

2

[ fy-mey ]

adjective

French.
  1. of food, cured or flavored by exposure to smoke; smoked.

fume

/ ː /

verb

  1. intr to be overcome with anger or fury; rage
  2. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural a pungent or toxic vapour
  2. a sharp or pungent odour
  3. a condition of anger
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fume

/ ڲ̅̅ /

  1. Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڳܳ, adjective
  • ˈڳܳԲ, adverb
  • ˈڳܳ, noun
  • ˈڳܳ, adjective
  • ˈڳܳˌ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڳܳl adjective
  • ڳܳl adjective
  • ڳܳİ noun
  • ڳܳiԲ· adverb
  • ܲ·ڳܳiԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fume1

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French fum < Latin ūܲ smoke, steam, fume
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fume1

C14: from Old French fum , from Latin ūܲ smoke, vapour
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Example Sentences

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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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He said "the ombudsman's report has been scathing", claiming that there had been "an attempted coverup, notes went missing and falsified, we are fuming".

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Ms Kettle-Frisby fears fumes from the fires are particularly harmful to adults with existing health conditions and to children.

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It is led by the parents of a seven-year-old boy who died from poisonous gas after the River Thames flooded their home in 2014, and they believe the fumes came from a nearby landfill.

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"I would be fuming, really angry," he said, if he were a student now and a ban was introduced.

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