FUME
\fjˈuːm], \fjˈuːm], \f_j_ˈuː_m]\
Definitions of FUME
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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be mad, angry, or furious
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treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
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emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
By Princeton University
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Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
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Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
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Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
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The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
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To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
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To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
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To pass off in fumes or vapors.
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To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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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.
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To praise inordinately; to flatter.
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To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
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Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
By Oddity Software
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Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
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Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
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Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
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The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
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To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
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To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
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To pass off in fumes or vapors.
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To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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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.
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To praise inordinately; to flatter.
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To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
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Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Smoke or vapor: any volatile matter: heat of mind, rage: anything unsubstantial, vain conceit: the incense of praise: hence, inordinate flattery. "To smother him with fumes and eulogies ... because he is rich."-Burton.
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To smoke: to throw off vapor: to be in a rage: to worship as by offering incense to: hence, to flatter excessively. "They demi-deify and fume him so."- Cowper.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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