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Fume (Verb)

Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests.

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The old house needed to be fumed to get rid of the termites that had infested it for years.
Herbalists have long been fuming fabrics and materials with aromatic herbs to cleanse them of moths.
Before the exhibition, the museum artifacts were fumed with a special blend of chemicals to preserve their integrity.
The apartment management fumed the whole building to eliminate the bedbug infestation.
For preservation purposes, historical documents are occasionally fumed with sulfurous compounds to suppress mold and mildew.

Emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming".

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.

The dense chimneys fumed exhaust from the engines into the foggy atmosphere.
A solitary factory stack fumes smoke into the pristine landscape of the nature reserve.
During rush hour the highway was clogged with idling cars, engines fuming pollution into the air.
As the autumn foliage was burned away the remains of the fallen leaves began to fume ash into the gray winter sky.
The wood-fire heaters began to fume wisps of smoke into the evening air.

Be mad, angry, or furious.

Verbs of feeling.

Her mother began to fume when she saw the state of her room after the party.
He continued to fume silently, trying not to say anything to his boss in the meeting.
She fumed as she watched her opponent cheat their way to victory.
The crowd started to fume when the concert was delayed for the third time.
The politician's furious speech left many people fuming over his insensitive remarks.

Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face.

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

The boxer's face fumed with sweat as he stumbled back against the ropes.
Her brow fumed with perspiration as she labored to carry the heavy suitcases up the stairs.
His forehead fumed with blood and sweat after the intense training session.
The survivor's face fumed with a mixture of tears and sweat as she recounted her tragic story.
The weary soldier's face fumed with grime and sweat as he trudged through the dusty battlefield.