FUME


Meaning of FUME in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ inwardly , quietly , silently

PREPOSITION

▪ about , over

She was still quietly fuming about Peter's remarks.

▪ at

We were all fuming at the delay.

▪ with

She was fuming with rage.

PHRASES

▪ fuming mad ( AmE )

Hurry up or else he'll be fuming mad.

▪ be left fuming ( BrE )

Motorists were left fuming as police closed the road for six hours.

▪ be positively fuming

Tracy was positively fuming over the loss of her phone.

▪ sit (there) fuming , stand (there) fuming

He sat fuming over what he had just learned.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .