a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Used in a Sentence
fume
How to use fume in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for fume.
Editorial note
They have fume extractor fans in the tunnels.
Examples11
Definitions5
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of fume gathered in one view.
be mad, angry, or furious
emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for fume.
noun
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
See also: smoke
verb
be mad, angry, or furious
verb
emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
See also: smoke
verb
treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
See also: fumigate
verb
be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
See also: reek
Example sentences
They have fume extractor fans in the tunnels.
One would hope that the "fail safe" scenario for fume extractor fans would be "Blow at full speed"
They did, but fume hoods never contain everything.
The raging solvent-fume headaches after a day of pasting up were not so good though.
It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume.
You can also print polycarbonate with some all-metal hot-ends and a fume hood.
There isn't even a gasoline-fume detector in my house.
It's just like any other mediocre programming job, but your office is a folding table under a decommissioned fume hood.
If I saw someone collapsed in front of their fume hood not knowing what was going on I wouldn't even try to pull the fellow out without breathing gear, even if it was a friend or colleague.
I set up an apparatus under one of the fume hoods in the back of the chemistry lab, dissolved a bunch of aluminum, captured the hydrogen in a balloon, and then blew the whole thing up.
Actually I worked as a synthetic organic chemist in a previous life and I was always much more afraid of the chronic systemic poisons than the things that blew up. It's one thing to have something go boom in your fume hood and quite another to get a drop of something on your glove that you don't even notice and then later that week all your hair starts falling out and everything tastes like metal.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use fume in a sentence?
They have fume extractor fans in the tunnels.
What does fume mean?
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
What part of speech is fume?
fume is commonly used as noun, verb.