Fumed
/fjuːmd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of fume form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Of wood, treated with ammonia fumes to darken its colour and enhance its grain pattern. not-comparable
"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."
Adjective
- 1 (of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes wordnet
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More examples""What are you doing?" he fumed."