Verb: fume fyoom
- Emit a cloud of fine particles
"The chimney was fuming";
- smoke
- Be mad, angry, or furious
"He fumed silently as his neighbour's dog barked all night"
- Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
"They fumed the warehouse to eliminate the infestation";
- fumigate, smoke
- A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
"Noxious fumes from the factory polluted the air";
- smoke
Derived forms: fumed, fuming, fumes
Type of: aerosol, emit, experience, feel, give off, give out, process, treat
Encyclopedia: Fume