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to fumer

to fumer

9.3
To produce smoke or gas when something burns
  • verb
translation icon : echar humo
  • If you overheat the pan, it will fumer and set off the smoke alarm.

Examples

  • The volcano began to fumer after months of silence, alarming nearby residents.

  • As the chemicals reacted, they started to fumer, releasing a pungent odor into the lab.

  • After the accident, the old bus started to fumer thick black smoke along the road.

  • The campfire fumed all night long.

  • Why does that car fume so much?

  • The old building began to fumer after the fire spread through the structure.

  • When he lit the barbecue, it began to fumer after the grease dripped onto the coals.

Synonyms

to burn
vsto fumer
∞ 1.0

To be on fire or damage something with heat

focuses on producing gases or particles rather than meaning to be on fire
to smoke
vsto fumer
102 1.5

To send out a cloud of tiny particles and gas from burning

is broader, covering emissions from chemical reactions as well as burning
to combust
vsto fumer
8 7.4

To catch fire or make something burn

is about producing emissions from reactions or burning rather than the ignition act
to fume
vsto fumer
1 4.6

To give off visible smoke or gas from something

is about emissions caused by burning or chemical reaction rather than visible clouds
fum
vsto fumer
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To send out smoke or mist, often slowly from a fire

is the neutral modern term rather than an old poetic expression

How Smoky

to belch
7 6.4
to billow
27 5.3
to fumer
9.3
to emit
91 4.4
to smolder
  • US
18 6.6

Surface Forms

fumer infinitive
fumed past
fumed past participle
fuming present participle
fumes third person singular

Etymology

Fumer comes from the Latin fumus, 'smoke', so to fumer is to give off smoke or fumes when something burns or has a chemical reaction.