fume
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1. fume - Noun
2. fume - Verb
Meaning
Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
To pass off in fumes or vapors.
To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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.
To praise inordinately; to flatter.
To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
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The chimney was fuming
Addition of silica fume can yield exceptionally high strengths, and cements containing 5–20% silica fume are occasionally produced, with 10% being the maximum allowed addition under EN 197-1.
Back with Carly, she’ll fume over all Julian’s dirty deeds while Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell) and Willow Corinthos (Katelyn MacMullen) ponder their future.
“A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the the pit that is bottomless.”
However they said 'fume events' could be caused by a variety of reasons such as burnt food and e-cigarettes - even though these are banned on board.
Easily identified by its short barrel and a double baffle muzzle brake with a large fume extractor just behind it.