The meaning of Fume

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

noun

The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

Bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes

noun

An inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.

Usage examples:

You can use them to treat sores, bruises, cuts, boils and inflammatory skin conditions.

noun

A short, stiff hair on an animal's skin or a man's face.

Usage examples:

I haven't shaved for the day, so short bristles of my beard pepper my chin.

verb

(of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin, typically as a sign of anger or fear.

Usage examples:

The hair on the back of his neck bristled

verb

(with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something.

Usage examples:

The collar chafed his neck

noun

Wear or damage caused by rubbing.

Usage examples:

To prevent chafe the ropes should lie flat

noun

An unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge.

Usage examples:

Smoke and effluvia from factory chimneys

noun

The process or action of exhaling.

Usage examples:

The gas produced at the end of exhalation from deep within the lung

noun

The action of sending air out of your lungs

Usage examples:

With a short exhalation, he prepared for the work ahead., you could hear every ragged exhalation.

verb

Make (someone) feel very tired.

Usage examples:

Her day out had exhausted her

noun

Waste gases or air expelled from an engine, turbine, or other machine in the course of its operation.

Usage examples:

Buses spewing out black clouds of exhaust

verb

To make a person or an animal extremely tired

Usage examples:

The long hike up the mountain exhausted us all., after a whole day with the kids, her patience was …

verb

Burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process.

Usage examples:

An ammunition lorry exploded with a roar

verb

Burst and release energy as through a violent reaction

verb

To burst violently and usually with a loud noise, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] a bomb exploded nearby., [ t ] black holes are left behind by exploding stars called supernov…

noun

A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).

Usage examples:

Hot balls of gas that become stars

adjective

Short for gasoline.

Usage examples:

We stopped for gas

noun

A form of matter that is neither solid nor liquid and can increase in size to fill any container

Usage examples:

We’re running low on gas., hundreds of thousands of soldiers were gassed in world war i.

idiom

Get very angry and fly into a rage

phrase

Fail to retain composure when angry.

Usage examples:

He is more nurturing in here, more forgiving of mistakes and less prone to losing his temper

noun

An unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour.

Usage examples:

A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him

noun

An unpleasant fog that smells bad

Usage examples:

A miasma of pollution hung in the air above mexico city., after he lost his job, he sank into a mia…

noun

The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.

Usage examples:

The level of pollution in the air is rising

Contamination of the natural environment

noun

The act of polluting, or the substances that pollute

Usage examples:

Air pollution, pollution from the factory could be contaminating nearby wells.

noun

Violent uncontrollable anger.

Usage examples:

Her face was distorted with rage

verb

Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger.

Usage examples:

He raged at the futility of it all

noun

Extreme or violent anger, or a period of feeling such anger

Usage examples:

[ c ] i had never seen him in such a rage before., he raged at me for sending the letter out before…

verb

Smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink.

Usage examples:

The yard reeked of wet straw and horse manure

noun

A foul smell.

Usage examples:

The reek of cattle dung

verb

To have a strong, unpleasant smell

Usage examples:

The locker room reeked of gym clothes., the reek of dead fish

verb

(of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling.

Usage examples:

The grey ocean seethed

verb

To feel very angry

Usage examples:

She was still seething, remembering how rudely she was treated.

verb

(of water or food that is being heated) stay just below boiling point while bubbling gently.

Usage examples:

The goulash was simmering slowly in the oven

noun

A state or temperature just below boiling point.

Usage examples:

Bring the water to a simmer

verb

To cook a liquid or something with liquid in it at a temperature slightly below boiling

Usage examples:

[ i ] add broth and simmer for 15 minutes., bring the water to a simmer.

noun

A visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance.

Usage examples:

Bonfire smoke

verb

Emit smoke or visible vapour.

Usage examples:

Heat the oil until it just smokes

adjective

A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

verb

Burn slowly with smoke but no flame.

Usage examples:

The bonfire still smouldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock

noun

Smoke coming from a smouldering fire.

Usage examples:

The last acrid smoulder of his cigarette

verb

To burn slowly with smoke but without flames

Usage examples:

A smouldering fire, smouldering embers, the fire was started by a smouldering cigarette., the dispu…

verb

Eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger.

Usage examples:

Todd spat in hugh's face

noun

Saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth.

Usage examples:

I brought up all this phlegm and spit into my mouth, and at first it was so, so foul i nearly choked.

verb

Put a spit through (meat) in order to roast it over an open fire.

Usage examples:

He spitted the rabbit and cooked it

noun

A substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid.

Usage examples:

Dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour

verb

Talk in a vacuous, boasting, or pompous way.

Usage examples:

He was vapouring on about the days of his youth

noun

Gas or extremely small drops of liquid that result from the heating of a liquid or solid

Usage examples:

The hollow glass tank contains hot mercury vapour., poisonous vapours burst out of the factory duri…