fume

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  1. noun Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.
  2. noun A strong or acrid odor.
  3. noun A state of resentment or vexation.
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  • Yet a few tiny drops lingered in the dry chambers of his heart: racism still made him fume, and he still pitied people who had to go through the hell of childhood additionally burdened with an oddball name. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • And one would look across to the floating isles of star-fume, to the south, across the gulfs where the sharp stars flashed like lighthouses, and one would be in a new way denizen of a new plane, walking by oneself. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
  • Sign up for the Birthday Club and get free Personal Blends Pure-fume or Body Care product offer (valued at $25) on your next birthday! —  MoneyBlogNetwork
  • Other green features include nontoxic and low-fume paints and finishes and garage recharge stations for electric vehicles. —  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
  • Spurs fume, but Dimitar Berbatov's Manchester United deal 'broke no rules' —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

vapors ·  stench ·  vapor ·  odor ·  smoke ·  odour ·  gas ·  steam ·  haze ·  fog ·  residue ·  whiff

Used in the same contextWord Family

fume:   fumes ·  fumed ·  fuming
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French fum, from Latin fūmus.

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  1. from Middle English fume, from Old French fum (French dial. fum), masculine, also fume, feminine, and fumee, French fumée = Provencal fum = Old Spanish fumo, Spanish humo = Portuguese Italian fumo, from Latin fumus; smoke, steam, fume, = Sanskrit dhūma, smoke, perhaps from √ dhū, shake.
  2. from French fumer = Provencal Spanish Portuguese fumar = Italian fumare, from Latin fumare, smoke, steam, reek, fume, from fumus, smoke, steam: see fume, n. In comp. effume, infume, perfume,
  3. French, past participle of fumer, smoke.
 

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