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Meaning of 'fume'
Meaning of 'fume' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Fume 
[ n.]
- Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke)
ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of
tobacco. [ n.]- Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
- Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
- The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
- To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
- To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
- To pass off in fumes or vapors.
- To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
2. 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. [ v. t.]- To praise inordinately; to flatter.
- To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
Meaning of 'fume' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. fume [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- emit a cloud of fine particles
- emit a cloud of fine particles
Example in sentence:
- The chimney was fuming
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