Main Entry: ²fume

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): fumed; fum·ing

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 : to expose to or treat with fumes
2 : to give off in fumes <fuming thick black smoke>
3 : to utter while in a state of excited irritation or angerintransitive verb 1 a : to emit fumes b : to be in a state of excited irritation or anger <fretted and fumed over the delay>
2 : to rise in or as if in fumes