fumed

/fjuːmd/

fumed is the simple past and past participle of fume.

Meaning of fume

Verb

fume (third-person singular simple present fumes, present participle fuming, simple past and past participle fumed)

(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
(transitive) To apply or offer incense to.
- Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious...1740, John Dyer, “The Ruins of Rome. A Poem.”, in Poems. … Viz. I. Grongar Hill. II. The Ruins of Rome. III. The Fleece, in Four Books, London: Printed by John Hughs, for Messrs. R[obert] and J[ames]...
(intransitive) To emit fumes.
- where the golden altar fumed1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
(intransitive) To pass off in fumes or vapours.
- whose parts are kept from fuming away, not only by their fixity[…]1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin]...
(figuratively, intransitive or reporting verb) To express or feel great anger.
- He’s still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.
(figuratively, intransitive) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
- Keep his brain fuming.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Adjective

fumed (not comparable)

Of wood, treated with ammonia fumes to darken its colour and enhance its grain pattern.
- A customer interrupted her by coming in, in quest of an overmantel, but when Rita by her blandishments had sold a deplorable example in fumed oak, she was again beset with misgivings about letting that old fool get drunk with a dangerous ascent of the stairs to be faced.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 151

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Questions about fumed

What does fumed mean?: Fumed means of wood, treated with ammonia fumes to darken its colour and enhance its grain pattern.
What is fumed the simple past and past participle of?: Fumed is the simple past and past participle of fume.
What part of speech is fumed?: Fumed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fumed?: Fumed is pronounced /fjuːmd/.

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