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# fumes

«fumes» in Mova's school dictionary: **Gas or smoke that smells strong and can be harmful to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural (fumes); verb «fume» (fume, fumes, fumed, fuming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gas or smoke that smells strong and can be harmful to breathe, like from cars, paint or chemicals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#m1)

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

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, fumes from car exhausts, petrol, paint, glue, cleaning products or a fire can make you dizzy or ill; open windows, use things outside or in a well-aired place, and never mix cleaning products. In science, burning fuels gives off fumes that pollute the air. In stories, a character «fuming» is very angry. Phrases: «exhaust fumes», «paint fumes», «toxic fumes», «fuming with anger».

### examples

- Exhaust fumes from the cars made the air smelly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x1)
- Open the window — the paint fumes are strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x2)
- Never mix bleach with other cleaners; it makes dangerous fumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x3)
- The firefighters wore masks against the smoke and fumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x4)
- He was fuming when his little brother broke his model. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x5)
- Walking on quiet streets means fewer traffic fumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x6)
- Glue fumes can make you dizzy, so use it in an airy room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x7)
- She stood there fuming about the unfair penalty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x8)
- The tree that had been killed by the fumes of gas, the steam of kitchens, and the bad air of the city, was put upon the wagon and driven away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumes/#x9)

### note

Usually plural: «fumes». Some deadly gases, such as carbon monoxide, have no smell at all — that is why homes have carbon monoxide alarms. If you smell gas at home, leave and tell an adult; don't switch lights on or off.

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