Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Smoking; fumigation.
- noun Fume; idle conceit; vain fancy.
- noun Irritated excitement; anger.
- noun The process of subjecting oak or other wood used in furniture to the fumes of ammonia, in order to give it an appearance of age.
- noun In photography, the process of exposing albuminized paper to the fumes of ammonia, which makes the paper print a trifle more quickly and gives it a purple tone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Producing fumes, or vapors.
- adjective (Chem.) alkarsin.
- adjective (Old Chem.) stannic chloride; the chloride of tin, SnCl4, forming a colorless, mobile liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-called
butter of tin . - adjective (Chem.) Same as Disulphuric acid, uder
Disulphuric .
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- verb Present participle of
fume . - adjective that fumes
- adjective very
angry
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Examples
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But what gets people like Kastel fuming is the fact that big dairy farms produce tons of pollution in the form of manure and methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide -- gases blamed for warming the planet.
The Organic Myth Steve Carper 2006
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But what gets people like Kastel fuming is the fact that big dairy farms produce tons of pollution in the form of manure and methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide -- gases blamed for warming the planet.
Archive 2006-11-01 Steve Carper 2006
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Since these are both fairly obvious, time spent fuming is wasted: Nobody who thinks Reid’s statement is plainly false needs to be convinced to be upset about it, and nobody who thinks it’s true will think it’s anything to be upset about.
Not Just a River in Egypt. And If It Were, We’d Invade It. 2007
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MORRONE: It ` s a technique called fuming (ph), and you use cyanide gas to bring the prints out.
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“Corby voters 'fuming' over Phil Hope's expenses claims”
Archive 2009-05-01 Thatsnews 2009
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The Mail reports that Brown was left "fuming" by Darling's intervention, and there's much talk of a rift between the PM and his Chancellor.
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The Mail reports that Brown was left "fuming" by Darling's intervention, and there's much talk of a rift between the PM and his Chancellor.
A humble rift 2009
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“Corby voters 'fuming' over Phil Hope's expenses claims”
Thats News Morning Update for Thursday 14th May Thatsnews 2009
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Donald Trump is "fuming" at his brother Robert, who is currently in the middle of a divorce battle with wife Blaine, for failing to arrange a prenuptial agreement and for using ex-wife Ivana's old divorce lawyer, Robert Cohen.
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Donald Trump is "fuming" at his brother Robert, who is currently in the middle of a divorce battle with wife Blaine, for failing to arrange a prenuptial agreement and for using ex-wife Ivana's old divorce lawyer, Robert Cohen.
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