Fume

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1. Noun

Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.

2. Noun

Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.

3. Noun

Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.

4. Noun

The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

5. Noun

To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.

6. Noun

To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

7. Noun

To pass off in fumes or vapors.

8. Noun

To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.

9. Verb

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.

10. Verb

To praise inordinately; to flatter.

11. Verb

To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
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