fume
To expose to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce…To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
» Tom is fuming.
Том закиає.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
оку́риватьokúrivatʹ, окури́тьokurítʹ
(transitive)To apply or offer incense to.
кури́тьkurítʹ, кади́тьkadítʹ
(intransitive)To emit fumes.
rauchen, qualmen
дыми́тьdymítʹ
emit a cloud of fine particles
(intransitive)To pass off in fumes or vapours.
(figuratively)To express or feel great anger.
He’s still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.
schäumen
(figuratively, intransitive)To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
Examples
47 sentencesTom is fuming.
Том закиає.
Tom was fuming.
Том закипав від злості.
deTom war wütend.
Try not to inhale the fumes.
Don't breathe the fumes.
deAtme die Dämpfe nicht ein!
Tom came home fuming.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English fume, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus (From Middle English fume, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus (“vapour, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Doublet of thymus and thymos. More at dun, dusk, dust.
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Forms
fumes, fuming, fumed, fumedSynonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle