n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: fumed ; fum · ing
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to expose to or treat with fumes
2 : to give off in fumes < fuming thick black smoke>
3 : to utter while in a state of excited irritation or anger
intransitive verb
1 a : to emit fumes b : to be in a state of excited irritation or anger <fretted and fumed over the delay>
2 : to rise in or as if in fumes