fume : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fume	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for fume
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fume n a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas [syn: smoke, fume] v be mad, angry, or furious emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming" Synonym(s): fume, smoke treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests Synonym(s): fumigate, fume be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face Synonym(s): reek, fume
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fume \Fume\, n. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fume \Fume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fuming}.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See {Fume}, n.] 1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. Where the golden altar fumed. --Milton. Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. --Roscommon. 2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. --Shak. 3. To pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their fixity. --Cheyne. 4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. --Sir W. Scott. {To tame away}, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fume \Fume\ (f[umac]m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh[umac]ma smoke, dh[umac] to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy`ein to sacrifice, storm, rage, qy`mon, qy`mos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf. OF. fum smoke, F. fum[82]e. Cf. {Dust}, n., {Femerell}, {Thyme}.] 1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. The fumes of new shorn hay. --T. Warton. The fumes of undigested wine. --Dryden. 2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South. 3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. A show of fumes and fancies. --Bacon. 4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. To smother him with fumes and eulogies. --Burton. {In a fume}, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fume \Fume\, v. t. 1. 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. She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. --Dryden. 2. To praise inordinately; to flatter. They demi-deify and fume him so. --Cowper. 3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. The heat will fume away most of the scent. --Montimer. How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! --Young.