fumes
part of speech
noun, plural (fumes); verb «fume» (fume, fumes, fumed, fuming)
meaning for a pupil
1) Gas or smoke that smells strong and can be harmful to breathe, like from cars, paint or chemicals. tree →
2) (verb, fume) To be very angry, often quietly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In safety lessons, fumes from car exhausts, petrol, paint, glue, cleaning products or a fire can make you dizzy or ill; open windows, use things outside or in a well-aired place, and never mix cleaning products. In science, burning fuels gives off fumes that pollute the air. In stories, a character «fuming» is very angry. Phrases: «exhaust fumes», «paint fumes», «toxic fumes», «fuming with anger».
examples
- Exhaust fumes from the cars made the air smelly. tree →
- Open the window — the paint fumes are strong. tree →
- Never mix bleach with other cleaners; it makes dangerous fumes. tree →
- The firefighters wore masks against the smoke and fumes. tree →
- He was fuming when his little brother broke his model. tree →
- Walking on quiet streets means fewer traffic fumes. tree →
- Glue fumes can make you dizzy, so use it in an airy room. tree →
- She stood there fuming about the unfair penalty. tree →
- The tree that had been killed by the fumes of gas, the steam of kitchens, and the bad air of the city, was put upon the wagon and driven away. tree →
note
Usually plural: «fumes». Some deadly gases, such as carbon monoxide, have no smell at all — that is why homes have carbon monoxide alarms. If you smell gas at home, leave and tell an adult; don't switch lights on or off.
In the corpora
- Many plastics soften when heated, because heat lets the chains move; burning plastic gives off poisonous fumes.
- Fumes from overheated non-stick pans can kill birds quickly, so birds are kept out of the kitchen.
- Platinum is rarer than gold and is used in car parts called catalytic converters that clean exhaust fumes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fumes» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.