Fume
noun
Smoke or gas that smells bad or is dangerous to breathe in.
The factory was belching out thick black fumes.
Often appears as...
- thick black fumes
- exhale fumes
verb
To be very angry.
She fumed when she saw the mess he'd made.
Often appears as...
- fume about something
- fume with anger
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A state of anger.
He's in a fume about the mistake.
Often appears as...
- in a fume
- cause a fume
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To emit gas, smoke, or vapor that is not healthy to breathe in.
The car fumed as its engine sputtered to life.
Often appears as...
- fume heavily
- car fumes
noun
Smoke or gas that smells bad or is dangerous to breathe in.
The factory was belching out thick black fumes.
Often appears as...
- thick black fumes
- exhale fumes
verb
To be very angry.
She fumed when she saw the mess he'd made.
Often appears as...
- fume about something
- fume with anger
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A state of anger.
He's in a fume about the mistake.
Often appears as...
- in a fume
- cause a fume
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To emit gas, smoke, or vapor that is not healthy to breathe in.
The car fumed as its engine sputtered to life.
Often appears as...
- fume heavily
- car fumes
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
When 'fume' describes smoke or gas, it often implies something harmful or unpleasant.
I couldn't breathe due to the toxic fumes from the fire.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Context
Often used in discussions about pollution or environmental issues.
Activists protested against the harmful fumes affecting the local wildlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
The word can create a strong image of visible vapors escaping from a source.
As the volcano erupted, it spewed fumes into the sky.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
When 'fume' describes smoke or gas, it often implies something harmful or unpleasant.
I couldn't breathe due to the toxic fumes from the fire.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Context
Often used in discussions about pollution or environmental issues.
Activists protested against the harmful fumes affecting the local wildlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
The word can create a strong image of visible vapors escaping from a source.
As the volcano erupted, it spewed fumes into the sky.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
When 'fume' describes smoke or gas, it often implies something harmful or unpleasant.
I couldn't breathe due to the toxic fumes from the fire.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Context
Often used in discussions about pollution or environmental issues.
Activists protested against the harmful fumes affecting the local wildlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
The word can create a strong image of visible vapors escaping from a source.
As the volcano erupted, it spewed fumes into the sky.
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The wildly complex...
so the plants they work with are in countries with little to no worker protection laws. As a result, many laborers earn below the living wage, and are exposed to harmful chemicals, like toxic glue fumes. When manufacturing is complete, the shoes are packaged and transported to stores around the globe.
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Why doesn’t anything...
but most kitchens are ventilated well enough to dissipate the fumes. People used to also think that accidentally consuming PTFE that flaked off a scratched pan was bad for you, but the current consensus is that it's harmless. Because PTFE doesn't interact with other chemicals very well,
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Ink made of air...
This is an early stage of the technology. We advanced the technology and created this into this version that would capture pollution from static sources of pollution, like a diesel generator. If you see, all the fumes disappear as soon as you turn this machine on.
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Can you solve the dark...
and type in the coordinates of your final destination. A 15-parsec jump leaves you running on fumes, but ready to dock with the precursor space station. Time to put this alien tech to work and make life better for everyone in the galaxy.
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This Is What It's Like...
it's the exhaust and the gas fumes from the bus it was like someone you know cracked open the window and you know I had that little bit of hope that I was helping my mother to cook dinner because I couldn't stay away from the kitchen
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Jodi Cobb: Human Bondage...
poisoned by the dye and in the glass making industry the kids are held in debt bondage that was actually incurred by their parents they work over these gas burners in intense heat and fumes with no ventilation no protective gear
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Ending energy poverty...
match to light your kerosene lantern you are burning jet fuel and you're struggling to see from the dim light of that lantern as you cough from the toxic fumes besides contributing to the millions of deaths each year caused by
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Surviving Prison in...
the biggest betrayal you could have in that-- in that business. I was just seething. I was fuming inside. I just wanted to grab hold of him. But the future wasn't in my hands. They give, you know, life sentences,
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How cities are detoxing...
the fumes choking our cities, the greenhouse gases going up in the atmosphere and overheating our planet. None of that is normal, nor is air pollution, which can shorten life expectancy by up to 10 years,
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Whose Leg is This? PIPE...
until it dies he could easily lose his life in this attempt to kill his leg he could suffocate from the chemical fumes
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The wildly complex...
so the plants they work with are in countries with little to no worker protection laws. As a result, many laborers earn below the living wage, and are exposed to harmful chemicals, like toxic glue fumes. When manufacturing is complete, the shoes are packaged and transported to stores around the globe.
Video examples
Why doesn’t anything...
but most kitchens are ventilated well enough to dissipate the fumes. People used to also think that accidentally consuming PTFE that flaked off a scratched pan was bad for you, but the current consensus is that it's harmless. Because PTFE doesn't interact with other chemicals very well,
Video examples
Ink made of air...
This is an early stage of the technology. We advanced the technology and created this into this version that would capture pollution from static sources of pollution, like a diesel generator. If you see, all the fumes disappear as soon as you turn this machine on.
Video examples
Can you solve the dark...
and type in the coordinates of your final destination. A 15-parsec jump leaves you running on fumes, but ready to dock with the precursor space station. Time to put this alien tech to work and make life better for everyone in the galaxy.
Video examples
This Is What It's Like...
it's the exhaust and the gas fumes from the bus it was like someone you know cracked open the window and you know I had that little bit of hope that I was helping my mother to cook dinner because I couldn't stay away from the kitchen
Video examples
Jodi Cobb: Human Bondage...
poisoned by the dye and in the glass making industry the kids are held in debt bondage that was actually incurred by their parents they work over these gas burners in intense heat and fumes with no ventilation no protective gear
Video examples
Ending energy poverty...
match to light your kerosene lantern you are burning jet fuel and you're struggling to see from the dim light of that lantern as you cough from the toxic fumes besides contributing to the millions of deaths each year caused by
Video examples
Surviving Prison in...
the biggest betrayal you could have in that-- in that business. I was just seething. I was fuming inside. I just wanted to grab hold of him. But the future wasn't in my hands. They give, you know, life sentences,
Video examples
How cities are detoxing...
the fumes choking our cities, the greenhouse gases going up in the atmosphere and overheating our planet. None of that is normal, nor is air pollution, which can shorten life expectancy by up to 10 years,
Video examples
Whose Leg is This? PIPE...
until it dies he could easily lose his life in this attempt to kill his leg he could suffocate from the chemical fumes
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Quote examples
Clint Howard
American Actor
People don't realize that doing a horror movie is hard work. You're out there all day screaming your lungs out, breathing in toxic make-up fumes, rolling around in the dirt, getting your eyebrows burned off - it's not like doing a sitcom.
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Darren Aronofsky
American Director
These wrestlers aren't organized. They have no union, no pension and no insurance. You meet wrestler after wrestler who sold out Madison Square Garden ten years ago, basically running on fumes today. There's a lot of drama there.
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Michael Greger
American Author
The fumes produced by frying bacon contain carcinogens called nitrosamines. Though all meat may release potentially carcinogenic fumes, processed meat such as bacon may be the worst.
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Marcia Cross
American Actress
I like bringing the girls on set, but if I can't do that then the next day I feel I have to be uber-mum to make up for it. Then I'm exhausted and feel like I'm running in fumes.
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Kage Baker
American Writer
People who like to fume about the manner in which Disney changed beloved classics are often ignorant of history, not to mention the realities of show business.
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Richard Cohen
American Journalist
Trump critics such as myself have been accused of living in a bubble. On the contrary, it is Trump's supporters in the 1 percent who breathed their own fumes.
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Alice Hamilton
American Scientist
There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.
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Robert Snodgrass
Scottish Footballer
It really hurt me when there was this perception that I didn't want to play for Scotland. I was fuming, absolutely gutted.
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Chuck Pagano
American Coach
If you're running on fumes, you get to a point of diminishing results. Get some rest.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
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Clint Howard
American Actor
People don't realize that doing a horror movie is hard work. You're out there all day screaming your lungs out, breathing in toxic make-up fumes, rolling around in the dirt, getting your eyebrows burned off - it's not like doing a sitcom.
Quote examples
Darren Aronofsky
American Director
These wrestlers aren't organized. They have no union, no pension and no insurance. You meet wrestler after wrestler who sold out Madison Square Garden ten years ago, basically running on fumes today. There's a lot of drama there.
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Michael Greger
American Author
The fumes produced by frying bacon contain carcinogens called nitrosamines. Though all meat may release potentially carcinogenic fumes, processed meat such as bacon may be the worst.
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Marcia Cross
American Actress
I like bringing the girls on set, but if I can't do that then the next day I feel I have to be uber-mum to make up for it. Then I'm exhausted and feel like I'm running in fumes.
Quote examples
Kage Baker
American Writer
People who like to fume about the manner in which Disney changed beloved classics are often ignorant of history, not to mention the realities of show business.
Quote examples
Richard Cohen
American Journalist
Trump critics such as myself have been accused of living in a bubble. On the contrary, it is Trump's supporters in the 1 percent who breathed their own fumes.
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Alice Hamilton
American Scientist
There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.
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Robert Snodgrass
Scottish Footballer
It really hurt me when there was this perception that I didn't want to play for Scotland. I was fuming, absolutely gutted.
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Chuck Pagano
American Coach
If you're running on fumes, you get to a point of diminishing results. Get some rest.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
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