Found 1 hit - Term: to fume away, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fume \fume\, v. i. imp. p. p. fumed; p. pr. vb. n.
fuming. cf. f. fumer, l. fumare to smoke. see fume, n.
1. to smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical
action; to rise up, as vapor.
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where the golden altar fumed. --milton.
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silenus lay,
whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain.
--roscommon.
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2. to be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
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keep his brain fuming. --shak.
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3. to pass off in fumes or vapors.
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their parts are kept from fuming away by their
fixity. --cheyne.
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4. to be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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he frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--dryden.
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while her mother did fret, and her father did fume.
--sir w.
scott.
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to fume away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to
storm; also, to pass off in fumes.
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see also:
fumed fuming fume to fume away
Results 1 - 10 of 14 found about to fume away: Away
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Away, definition of term: Away
away_pag1.html Fume
>> F Words
Fume, definition of term: Fume
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>> G Words
Give Away, definition of term: Give Away
give+away_pag1.html Cut Away
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Cut Away, definition of term: Cut Away
cut+away_pag1.html Fall Away
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Fall Away, definition of term: Fall Away
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Come Away, definition of term: Come Away
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Get Away, definition of term: Get Away
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Chip Away, definition of term: Chip Away
chip+away_pag1.html Break Away
>> B Words
Break Away, definition of term: Break Away
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Carry Away, definition of term: Carry Away
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