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# fume

«fume» in Mova's school dictionary: **smoke, gas or strong smells that are unpleasant or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fumes — usually plural); verb (fume, fumes, fumed, fuming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fumes are smoke, gas or strong smells that are unpleasant or harmful to breathe, like car exhaust or paint fumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#m1)

2) To fume is to be very angry, often quietly or while waiting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#m2)

3) To fume is to give off smoke or gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#m3)

4) (informal, UK) «I'm fuming» means I'm really angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and safety lessons, harmful fumes from cars, fires and chemicals are a danger; open windows when painting. In stories, a character fumes with anger: «She fumed all the way home.» Phrases: «exhaust fumes», «paint fumes», «toxic fumes», «fuming with anger», «running on fumes» (almost out of fuel or energy).

### examples

- The car's exhaust fumes made me cough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#x1)
- Open the window; the paint fumes are strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#x2)
- The firefighters wore masks against the toxic fumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#x3)
- Dad fumed when the train was late again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#x4)
- I was fuming when my brother broke my model! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#x5)
- The chemical began to fume when it touched the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#x6)
- I'm running on fumes after that long day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/#x7)

### note

As a noun, usually plural: fumes. Verb is regular: fumed, fuming. «Fuming» is a strong but not rude word for angry. Safety: never breathe fumes from chemicals or burning plastic; tell an adult.

### In the corpora

- [Many plastics soften when heated, because heat lets the chains move; burning plastic gives off poisonous fumes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/29-plastics-useful-stubborn/13/)
- [Fumes from overheated non-stick pans can kill birds quickly, so birds are kept out of the kitchen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/10/)
- [Cerys is fuming at the bossing and glowing at the rescue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/4/)
- [Platinum is rarer than gold and is used in car parts called catalytic converters that clean exhaust fumes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/51-gemstones-and-precious-metals/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fume» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fume/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.