Found 1 items, similar to To fume away.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To fume away 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. [1913 Webster] Where the golden altar fumed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] 2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. [1913 Webster] Keep his brain fuming. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To pass off in fumes or vapors. [1913 Webster] Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity. --Cheyne. [1913 Webster] 4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. [1913 Webster] He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] To fume away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes. [1913 Webster]