Clues for the word "FUME"

We've had 70 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 163 times in crosswords. It was last seen in USA Today crossword on March 17, 2025.

Definition 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.