fumes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fume
1
as in steams
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger he silently fumed as his ex-girlfriend danced with her new beau

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2
as in storms
to express one's anger usually violently when she found out her driver's license was being suspended, she fumed, throwing papers across the room and shouting at the top of her lungs

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fumes

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noun

plural of fume
as in clouds

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  1. steams
  2. storms
  3. clouds
  4. burns
  5. rages
  6. boils
  7. seethes
Verb
  • Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • During that time, the steak essentially steams.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
Definition of steams
Verb
  • Mars storms the Official Streaming chart with five titles, while one of his most successful collaborations becomes a bestseller again on multiple rosters.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Although significant, that event was far less powerful than the Carrington Event — or the even rarer storms the new study suggests may be possible.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of storms
Noun
  • El Niño events are a climate cycle characterized by hotter than average ocean temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific, which transfer huge amounts of heat to the atmosphere via clouds and heavy precipitation.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The distant thunder was still faint, but its deep rumble drowned out the manic noise next door, like a great invisible hand reaching out beyond the clouds to crush the multifarious towns below.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of clouds
Verb
  • That burns tokens, slows response times and increases the chances that the model will miss or misread something important.
    — Bruce Kelley, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Spain this year has already suffered 22 major forest fires, which is defined as a fire that burns over 500 hectares (1,235 acres).
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of burns
Verb
  • But the film’s depiction of a millennia-old mythology isn’t meant to be historically accurate—though the accuracy debate rages on.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
  • The findings come as the debate surrounding the I-77 South tolls project rages on.
    — DJ Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of rages
Verb
  • Mariscos Cortez is a seafood restaurant with flavors from the coast of Mexico that will serve a small menu of ceviche, aguachiles and Jalisco-style shrimp boils.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
  • The river dropped 60 feet between boulders in a series of falls and continued downstream in a dangerous half mile of holes and boils.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
Definition of boils
Verb
  • As Seth seethes about his separation from his home country (and the family fortune), Arias interweaves a backstory involving assassination, undisclosed parentage and (as the title suggests) the perilous creatures slithering across the landscape.
    — Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • Trump seethes with hatred and erupts in volcanic fury to denounce, demonize, disparage and threaten anyone who refuses to support his increasingly irrational and harmful proposals and actions.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
Definition of seethes
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