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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
/ ڲ̅̅ /
- Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
Derived Forms
- ˈڳܳ, adjective
- ˈڳܳԲ, adverb
- ˈڳܳ, noun
- ˈڳܳ, adjective
- ˈڳܳˌ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ڳܳl adjective
- ڳܳl adjective
- ڳܳİ noun
- ڳܳiԲ· adverb
- ܲ·ڳܳiԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of fume1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of fume1
Example Sentences
I distinctly remember the heat and fumes from 37 funeral pyres burning simultaneously under the April sun at a Delhi crematorium.
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".
Ms Kettle-Frisby fears fumes from the fires are particularly harmful to adults with existing health conditions and to children.
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.
"I would be fuming, really angry," he said, if he were a student now and a ban was introduced.
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