(and fume)

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• 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. [1913 Webster] She fumed the temple with an odorous flame.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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. [1913 Webster] Where the golden altar… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fume — (f[=u]m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh[=u]ma smoke, dh[=u] 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[ e]e. Cf. {Dust}, n., {Femerell}, {Thyme}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fume — is an English Punk/Alternative Rock/Post Grunge band, and is the brain child of lead singer Jon Ham. With no fixed members other than Ham, some have called it The Jon Ham Band .Fume are currently working on their first album, entitled The Lonely… …   Wikipedia

• fume — [fju:m] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: fumer, from Latin fumus smoke ] 1.) [I and T] to be angry about something fume at/over/about ▪ She sat in the car, silently fuming about what he d said. ▪ You ve no right to be here, he fumed. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Fume hood — Infobox Laboratory equipment name = Fume hood caption = A common modern fume hood, acronym = other names = Hood Fume cupboard uses = Fume removal Blast shield inventor = manufacturer = model = related = Laminar flow cabinetA fume hood or fume… …   Wikipedia

• fume date — n. The date on which a company runs out or is expected to run out of cash. Example Citation: Was it a success? The WebTaggers guys say they will not know until the wire transfer date, Aug. 15, when WebTaggers anticipates that funds from investors …   New words

• fume — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. in pl.) exuded gas or smoke or vapour, esp. when harmful or unpleasant. 2 a fit of anger (in a fume). v. 1 a intr. emit fumes. b tr. give off as fumes. 2 intr. (often foll. by at) be affected by (esp. suppressed) anger (was… …   Useful english dictionary

• fume — [[t]fju͟ːm[/t]] fumes, fuming, fumed 1) N PLURAL Fumes are the unpleasant and often unhealthy smoke and gases that are produced by fires or by things such as chemicals, fuel, or cooking. ...car exhaust fumes... They have been protesting about… …   English dictionary

• fume — [14] Fume comes via Old French fum from Latin fūmus ‘smoke, steam’. This in turn went back to a prehistoric Indo European *dhūmo , which also produced Sanskrit dhūmás ‘smoke’ and Russian and Polish dym ‘smoke’. The word’s verbal use, ‘be very… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• fume — [14] Fume comes via Old French fum from Latin fūmus ‘smoke, steam’. This in turn went back to a prehistoric Indo European *dhūmo , which also produced Sanskrit dhūmás ‘smoke’ and Russian and Polish dym ‘smoke’. The word’s verbal use, ‘be very… …   Word origins