fume
    n 1: a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas [syn: smoke,
         fume]
    v 1: be mad, angry, or furious
    2: emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
       [syn: fume, smoke]
    3: treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of
       disinfecting or eradicating pests [syn: fumigate, fume]
    4: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek,
       fume]

Fume \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. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke)
      ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the
      fumes of tobacco.
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            The fumes of new shorn hay.           --T. Warton.
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            The fumes of undigested wine.         --Dryden.
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   2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of
      self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South.
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   3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit;
      vain imagination.
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            A show of fumes and fancies.          --Bacon.
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   4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
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            To smother him with fumes and eulogies. --Burton.
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   5. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of
      fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead
      sulphate).
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   In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.
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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.
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            She fumed the temple with an odorous flame.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
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            They demi-deify and fume him so.      --Cowper.
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   3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
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            The heat will fume away most of the scent.
                                                  --Montimer.
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            How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain!
                                                  --Young.
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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.
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            Where the golden altar fumed.         --Milton.
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            Silenus lay,
            Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain.
                                                  --Roscommon.
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   2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
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            Keep his brain fuming.                --Shak.
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   3. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
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            Their parts are kept from fuming away by their
            fixity.                               --Cheyne.
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   4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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            He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            While her mother did fret, and her father did fume.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   To fume away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to
      storm; also, to pass off in fumes.
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