OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19574

fume

/fjuːm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gas • humo • jumo
A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.
the fumes of new-shorn hay
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 19575

fume

/fjuːm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
humear
To emit fumes.
where the golden altar fumed
echar humo • trinar
To express or feel great anger.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
He’s still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.