Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
To pass off in fumes or vapors.
To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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.
To praise inordinately; to flatter.
To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
