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• fumes — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acrid, noxious, poisonous, toxic ▪ diesel, exhaust, gas (AmE), petrol (BrE), traffic …   Collocations dictionary

• emit — verb Emit is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑transmitter Emit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aura, ↑beam, ↑carbon dioxide, ↑flash, ↑fumes, ↑gas, ↑groan, ↑gurgle, ↑light, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• emit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. discharge, emanate, radiate, breathe, exhale, send forth, throw off, issue; deliver, voice, utter. See ejection, speech. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To send forth] Syn. discharge, give off, give out,… …   English dictionary for students

• fume — fumeless, adj. fumelike, adj. fumer, n. fumingly, adv. /fyoohm/, n., v., fumed, fuming. n. 1. Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of… …   Universalium

• fume — [[t]fyum[/t]] n. v. fumed, fum•ing 1) chem. Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; poisonous fumes of carbon monoxide[/ex] 2) an irritable or angry mood:… …   From formal English to slang

• fume — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French fum, from Latin fumus; akin to Old High German toumen to be fragrant, Sanskrit dhūma smoke, Old Church Slavic dymŭ Date: 14th century 1. a. a smoke, vapor, or gas especially when irritating or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fume — 1. noun /fjuːm/ a) A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their… …   Wiktionary

• fume — /fjum / (say fyoohm) noun 1. (often plural) any smoke like or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances. –verb (fumed, fuming) –verb (t) 2. to send forth as fumes. 3. to disperse or drive away in vapours; send up as vapour. 4. to treat with… …  

• 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

• Ruling gradient — The ruling gradient (or ruling grade) of a section of railway line is the steepest section of that line. The ruling gradient is important in assigning locomotives to trains, as the locomotives must have sufficient power to pull the train over the …   Wikipedia

• fume — noun a gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. verb 1》 emit fumes. 2》 [usu. as adjective fumed] expose (something, especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints. 3》 feel great anger. Derivatives fuming… …   English new terms dictionary