Definition of fume

• n. - Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
• n. - Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
• n. - Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
• n. - The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
• n. - To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
• n. - To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
• n. - To pass off in fumes or vapors.
• n. - To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
• v. t. - To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room.
• v. t. - To praise inordinately; to flatter.
• v. t. - To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.