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Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.

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  1. n. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
  2. n. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
  3. n. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
  4. n. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
  5. n. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
  6. n. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
  7. n. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
  8. n. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
  9. 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.
  10. v. t. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
  11. v. t. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
  12. n. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas