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.