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   fume

   /fjuːm/

   noun

   • 1. an amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale: "clouds of exhaust fumes spewed by cars" Similar smokevapourgasexhalationexhausteffluviumpollutionarchaic:miasma
   • ▪ a pungent odour of a particular thing: "he breathed fumes of wine into her face" Similar smellstinkreekstenchodourinformal:pongniffwhiffhumgufffunkrare:fetormalodourmephitis
   • ▪ a watery vapour, steam, or mist rising from the earth or sea: "a smouldering fume of dry frost"

   verb

   • 1. feel, show, or express great anger: "‘We simply cannot have this’, she fumed" Similar be furiousbe enragedbe angryseethesmouldersimmerboilbe lividbe incensedbristlebe beside oneselfspitchaferagerant and ravelose one's temperlose controlexplodeflare upgo berserkblusterinformal:be up in armsbe hot under the collarbe at boiling pointbe all steamed upget steamed upget worked upfly off the handlefoam at the mouthraise the roofflip one's lidblow one's tophit the roofgo up the wallblow a fusesee redspit feathers
   • 2. emit gas or vapour: "fragments of lava hit the ground, fuming and sizzling" Similar emit smokeemit gassmokearchaic:reek
   • 3. expose (something, especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints: "you can fume the wood with industrial-strength ammonia."

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French fumer (verb), from Latin fumare ‘to smoke’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fumy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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