Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fumes

1 sense of fumes

Sense 1
exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes -- (gases ejected from an engine as waste products)
       => gas -- (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)
       => waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product -- (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fume

1 sense of fume

Sense 1
smoke, fume -- (a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas)
       => aerosol -- (a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fume

4 senses of fume

Sense 1
fume -- (be mad, angry, or furious)
       => feel, experience -- (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret")

Sense 2
fume, smoke -- (emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming")
       => emit, give out, give off -- (give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits")

Sense 3
fumigate, fume -- (treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests)
       => process, treat -- (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill")

Sense 4
reek, fume -- (be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face)
       => exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze -- (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores")

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