Word Study
fume
CIDE DICTIONARY
fume, n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh smoke, dh 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. fumée. Cf. Dust, n. , Femerell, Thyme.].
- Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. [1913 Webster]"The fumes of new shorn hay." [1913 Webster]"The fumes of undigested wine." [1913 Webster]
- Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. South. [1913 Webster]
- Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. [1913 Webster]"A show of fumes and fancies." [1913 Webster]
- The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. [1913 Webster]"To smother him with fumes and eulogies." [1913 Webster]
- Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. [1913 Webster]"Where the golden altar fumed." [1913 Webster]"Silenus lay,
Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain." [1913 Webster] - To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. [1913 Webster]"Keep his brain fuming." [1913 Webster]
- To pass off in fumes or vapors. [1913 Webster]"Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity." [1913 Webster]
- To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. [1913 Webster]"He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground." [1913 Webster]"While her mother did fret, and her father did fume." [1913 Webster]
fume, 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. [1913 Webster]"She fumed the temple with an odorous flame." [1913 Webster]
- To praise inordinately; to flatter. [1913 Webster]"They demi-deify and fume him so." [1913 Webster]
- To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. [1913 Webster]"The heat will fume away most of the scent." [1913 Webster]"How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain!" [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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 fuming at their inefficiency).
3 tr. a fumigate. b subject to fumes esp. those of ammonia (to darken tints in oak, photographic film, etc.).
4 tr. perfume with incense.
--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 fuming at their inefficiency).
3 tr. a fumigate. b subject to fumes esp. those of ammonia (to darken tints in oak, photographic film, etc.).
4 tr. perfume with incense.
Idiom
fume cupboard (or chamber etc.) a ventilated structure in a laboratory, for storing or experimenting with noxious chemicals.
Derivative
fumeless adj. fumingly adv. fumy adj. (in sense 1 of n.).
Etymology
ME f. OF fum f. L fumus smoke & OF fume f. fumer f. L fumare to smoke
THESAURUS
fume
achromatize, ado, aerate, aerify, afterdamp, agitation, anhydrate, aroma, ash, ashes, atomize, be livid, be pissed, blackdamp, blanch, blast-freeze, bleach, blow, blow a gasket, blow up, bluster, bobbery, boil, boil over, boiling, brand, brawl, breath, breathe out, brine, bristle, broil, brouhaha, browned off, burn, bustle, cacophony, calx, carbon, carbonate, carry on, chafe, chaos, charcoal, chlorinate, chokedamp, churn, cinder, clinker, cloud, coal, coke, commotion, conturbation, cure, damp, decolor, decolorize, definite odor, dehydrate, desiccate, detectable odor, dim, discolor, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, distill, disturbance, drain, drain of color, dross, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, dudgeon, dull, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, effluvium, emanation, embalm, embroilment, emit, essence, etherify, etherize, etiolate, evacuate, evaporate, excitement, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expire, explode, fade, fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fetid air, fever, feverishness, fidgets, firedamp, flap, flare up, flatus, flavor, flip out, fluid, fluidize, flurry, fluster, flutteration, foam, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, fractionate, fragrance, freeze, freeze-dry, frenzy, fret, fumes, fumigate, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gas, gasify, give off, give out, give vent to, go on, have a conniption, high dudgeon, hubbub, huff, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, hydrogenate, inquietude, irradiate, jerk, jitters, jumpiness, kipper, lava, let out, maelstrom, malaise, malaria, marinade, marinate, mephitis, miasma, miff, moil, mummify, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, odor, open the floodgates, open the sluices, oxygenate, pale, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, perfume, peroxide, perturbation, pet, pickle, pique, pissed off, pollution, preservatize, puff, puff of smoke, quick-freeze, racket, rage, raise Cain, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rant, rant and rave, rave, redolence, reek, refrigerate, restlessness, roil, rout, row, ruckus, ruffle, rumpus, salt, savor, scent, scoria, season, seethe, seething, send out, simmer, sizzle, slag, smell, smog, smoke, smoke-cure, smolder, smoulder, smudge, smut, soot, spoor, spray, steam, stench, stew, stink, stir, storm, storminess, stuff, sublimate, sublime, subtle odor, sullage, sweat, swirl, swirling, swivet, take on, tarnish, tempestuousness, throw a fit, throw off, tiff, tizzy, to-do, tone down, trace, trail, trepidation, trepidity, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unrest, uproar, upset, vapor, vaporize, volatile, volatilize, vortex, wash out, water vapor, whiff, whirl, whiten, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousnessROGET THESAURUS
fume
Excitation
VB excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect, stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood, set astir, wake, awake, awaken, call forth, evoke, provoke, raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up, raise, get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir, fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame, stimulate, exsuscitate, inspirit, spirit up, stir up, work up, pique, infuse life into, give new life to, bring new blood, introduce new blood, quicken, sharpen, whet, work upon, hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle, fan the fire, fan the flame, blow the coals, stir the embers, fan into a flame, foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat, keep up, keep the pot boiling, revive, rekindle, rake up, rip up, stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings, touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart, go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick, possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul, absorb, rivet the attention, sink into the mind, sink into the heart, prey on the mind, distract, intoxicate, overwhelm, overpower, bouleverser, upset, turn one's head, fascinate, enrapture, agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger, give one a shock, give one a turn, strike all of a heap, stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify, irritate, sting, cut to the heart, cut to the quick, try one's temper, fool to the top of one's bent, pique, infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil, lash into fury, be excited, flush up, flare up, catch the infection, thrill, mantle, work oneself up, seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave, run mad.Excitability
N excitability, impetuosity, vehemence, boisterousness, turbulence, impatience, intolerance, nonendurance, irritability, itching, wincing, disquiet, disquietude, restlessness, fidgets, fidgetiness, agitation, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry, fluster, flutter, pother, stew, ferment, whirl, buck fever, hurry-skurry, thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement, flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame, fume, blood boiling, tumult, effervescence, ebullition, boiling over, whiff, gust, story, tempest, scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion, outbreak, outburst, agony, violence, fierceness, rage, fury, furor, furore, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium, phrensy, frenzy, hysterics, intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger, fascination, infatuation, fanaticism, Quixotism, Quixotry, tete montee, excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state, high-strung, irritable, impatient, intolerant, feverish, febrile, hysterical, delirious, mad, moody, maggoty- headed, unquiet, mercurial, electric, galvanic, hasty, hurried, restless, fidgety, fussy, chafing, startlish, mettlesome, high-mettled, skittish, vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap, overzealous, enthusiastic, impassioned, fanatical, rabid, rampant, clamorous, uproarious, turbulent, tempestuous, tumultuary, boisterous, impulsive, impetuous, passionate, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, ungovernable, irrepressible, stanchless, inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting, Int, pish!, pshaw!, noli me tangere, filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd, maggiore fretta minore atto.VB be impatient, not be able to bear, bear ill, wince, chafe, champ a bit, be in a stew, be out of all patience, fidget, fuss, not have a wink of sleep, toss on one's pillow, lose one's temper, break out, burst out, fly out, go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool, explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn, boil, boil over, foam, fume, rage, rave, rant, tear, go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics, run riot, run amuck, battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce.
Violence
VB be violent, run high, ferment, effervesce, romp, rampage, go on a rampage, run wild, run amuck, run riot, break the peace, rush, tear, rush headlong, rush foremost, raise a storm, make a riot, rough house, riot, storm, wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod, spread like wildfire (person), explode, make a row, kick up a row, boil, boil over, fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, fly into a rage (anger), break out, fly out, burst out, bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst, shock, strain, break open, force open, prize open, render violent, sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on, irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment, accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino, explode, let fly, fly off, discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.Resentment
N resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation, exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation, pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall, heart-burning, heart-swelling, rankling, ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper, irascibility, ill blood, revenge, excitement, irritation, warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, dander, ferment, ebullition, towering passion, acharnement, angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums, burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation, violence, fire and fury, vials of wrath, gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words, scowl, sulks, affront, provocation, offense, indignity, grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli, ill turn, outrage, Furies, Eumenides, buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles, angry, wrath, irate, ireful, wrathful, cross, Achillean, sulky, bitter, virulent, acrimonious &c (discourteous), violent, warm, burning, boiling, boiling over, fuming, raging, foaming, foaming at the mouth, convulsed with rage, offended, waxy, acharne, wrought, worked up, indignant, hurt, sore, set against, fierce, wild, rageful, furious, mad with rage, fiery, infuriate, rabid, savage, relentless, flushed with anger, flushed with rage, in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way, on one's high ropes, up in arms, in high dudgeon, angrily, in the height of passion, in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment, Int, tantaene animis coelestibus irae!, marry come up!, zounds!, 'sdeath!, one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up, fervens difficili bile jecur, the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire, the blood rising, the blood boiling, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, beware the fury of a patient man, furor arma ministrat, ira furor brevis est, quem Jupiter vult perdere dementat prius, What, drunk with choler?.VB resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception, take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon, ne pas entendre raillerie, breathe revenge, cut up rough, fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion, bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up, open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath, pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap, redden, color, look black, look black as thunder, look daggers, bite one's thumb, show one's teeth, grind one's teeth, champ the bit, champ at the bit, chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire, boil, boil over, boil with indignation, boil with rage, rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen, lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage, burst with anger, raise Cain, have a fling at, bear malice, cause anger, raise anger, affront, offend, give offense, give umbrage, anger, hurt the feelings, insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique, excite, irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile, sting, sting to the quick, rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath, stick in one's gizzard, rankle, hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw, put out of countenance, put out of humor, put one's monkey up, put one's back up, raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler, work up into a passion, make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle, throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad, lash into fury, lash into madness, fool to the top of one's bent, set by the ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
Gaseity
N gaseity, vaporousness, flatulence, flatulency, volatility, aeration, aerification, elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus, cloud, ammonia, ammoniacal gas, volatile alkali, vacuum, partial vacuum, pneumatics, pneumatostatics, aerostatics, aerodynamics, gasmeter, gasometer, air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish), gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.Vaporization
VB render gaseous, vaporize, volatilize, distill, sublime, evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate, cohobate, finestill, bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil.Heat
VB be hot, glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, burn, blister, broil, blaze, flame, smolder, parch, fume, pant, heat, recalesce, thaw, give.Odor
N odor, smell, odorament, scent, effluvium, emanation, exhalation, fume, essence, trail, nidor, redolence, sense of smell, scent, act of smelling, olfaction, olfactories, fragrance, odorant, bloodhound, hound, spoor, odorous, odoriferous, smelling, reeking, foul-smelling, strong- scented, redolent, graveolent, nidorous, pungent, putrid, foul, olfactory, quick-scented.For further exploring for "fume" in Webster Dictionary Online
