Meaning 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.