FUMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fumes mean? 

• FUMES (noun)
  The noun FUMES has 1 sense:

1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products

  Familiarity information: FUMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gases ejected from an engine as waste products

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

exhaust; exhaust fumes; fumes

Hypernyms ("fumes" is a kind of...):

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

 Context examples 

A yellow, oily liquid nitrosamine that solidifies at cold temperatures and emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides when heated to decomposition.

(Nitrosonornicotine, NCI Thesaurus)

CO from these fumes can build up in places that don't have a good flow of fresh air.

(Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Inhalation exposure to its dust and fumes irritates the nose, throat and lungs and can cause pneumonitis.

(Beryl Ore, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless, crystalline, solid aromatic amine that turns purple when exposed to air and emits toxic fumes when heated. p-Biphenylamine is used only in laboratory research to induce tumorigenesis.

(p-Biphenylamine, NCI Thesaurus)

I walked down the narrow passage between the double row of sleepers, holding my breath to keep out the vile, stupefying fumes of the drug, and looking about for the manager.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Breathing in other fumes and dusts over a long period of time may also cause chronic bronchitis.

(Chronic Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Chronic lung disease may be caused by smoking tobacco or by breathing in secondhand tobacco smoke, chemical fumes, dust, or other forms of air pollution.

(Chronic lung disease, NCI Dictionary)

It may also be caused by infection or by breathing in secondhand tobacco smoke, chemical fumes, or other forms of air pollution.

(Chronic Bronchitis, NCI Dictionary)

CLD may be caused by smoking tobacco or by breathing in secondhand tobacco smoke, chemical fumes, dust, or other forms of air pollution.

(CLD, NCI Dictionary)

A clear, yellow, oily, liquid that is light sensitive and emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides when heated to decomposition.

(N-Nitrosopiperidine, NCI Thesaurus)