meaning of fume
1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
5. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
6. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
7. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
8. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
9. 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. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
11. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
Related Words
fume | fumed | fumeless | fumer | fumerell | fumet | fumetere | fumette |
