Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: fumer, from Latin fumus 'smoke'

fume

 verb
     
fume
1 [intransitive and transitive] to be angry about something
fume at/over/about
She sat in the car, silently fuming about what he'd said.
'You've no right to be here,' he fumed.
2 [intransitive] to give off smoke or gases
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary