fume
fume is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
- noun. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
- noun. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
- noun. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
- noun. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
- noun. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
- noun. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
- noun. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
- transitive verb. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
- noun. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
- verb. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
- verb. be mad, angry, or furious
- verb. treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
- verb. emit a cloud of fine particles
"The chimney was fuming"
Synonyms
Common word forms
fumed, fumer, fumes, fuming, fumeless
Words from these letters
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