Definitions for the word "fume" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
To pass off in fumes or vapors.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To praise inordinately; to flatter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
(usu. In pl.) Exuded gas, smoke, or vapour, esp. When harmful or unpleasant. v. (-ming) 1 emit fumes or as fumes. 2 be very angry. 3 subject (oak, film, etc.) To fumes to darken. [latin fumus smoke]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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