Word Meaning

fume definition and meaning

n. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
n. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
n. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
n. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
n. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
n. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
n. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
n. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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.
v. t. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
v. t. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.

Crossword clues for fume

- Give off vapour
- Show anger
- Smoke-like exhalation
- Smoky vapour
- Smoulder