| • | Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. |
| • | Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. |
| • | Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. |
| • | The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. |
| • | To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. |
| • | To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. |
| • | To pass off in fumes or vapors. |
| • | To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To praise inordinately; to flatter. |
| • | To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. |
