noun to pass off in fumes or vapors.
2. fume ·noun to be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
3. fume ·noun the incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
4. fume ·noun to be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
5. fume ·vt to throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
6. fume ·vt to praise inordinately; to flatter.
7. fume ·noun anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
8. fume ·noun rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
9. fume ·noun to smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
10. fume ·add. ·noun solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
11. fume ·noun exhalation; volatile matter (·esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
12. fume ·vt 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.