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fumingly Definition


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fume
noun
    1. Smoke, gases or vapour, especially if strong-smelling or toxic, emanating from heated materials, operating engines or machinery, etc.
      Thesaurus: exhaust, pollution, smoke, smog, haze, gas, vapour, effluvium, reek, stench.
      Form: fumes (often)
    2. The pungent toxic vapours given off by solvents or concentrated acids.
    3. A rage; fretful excitement.
verb fumed, fuming
    intr
    1. To be furious; to fret angrily.
      Thesaurus: rage, boil, seethe, chafe, storm, rave, rant.
    intr
    2. To give off smoke, gases or vapours.
    intr
    3. Said of gases or vapours: to come off in fumes, especially during a chemical reaction.
    4. To treat (eg wood) with fumes.
Derivative: fumous
adj
    Derivative: fumingly
    adverb
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin fumus smoke.



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