fume
A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhaleA gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
Meaning
6 sensesA gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.
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испаре́ниеisparénije
A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
Lead fume is a greyish powder, mainly comprising lead sulfate.
Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.
Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
флюи́дfljuíd
The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
фимиа́мfimiám
(obsolete)A passionate person.
- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Examples
47 sentencesTom is fuming.
Том закиає. — deniko
Tom was fuming.
Том закипав від злості. — deniko
deTom war wütend. — dasbeispielholz
Try not to inhale the fumes.
Don't breathe the fumes.
deAtme die Dämpfe nicht ein! — mramosch
Tom came home fuming.
Translations
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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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