exhale

  • 21exhale — verb (exhaled; exhaling) Etymology: Middle English exalen, from Latin exhalare, from ex + halare to breathe Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to rise or be given off as vapor 2. to emit breath or vapor transitive verb 1 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22exhale — verb /ɛksˈheɪl/ a) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm. Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence. b) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge. Syn:… …

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  • 23exhale — 1. To breathe out. SYN: expire (1). 2. To emit a gas or vapor or odor. * * * ex·hale eks (h)ā(ə)l vb, ex·haled; ex·hal·ing vi to emit breath or vapor vt to breathe out * * * ex·hale (eksґhāl) [ex + L. halare to breathe] 1. to expel from …

    Medical dictionary

  • 24exhale — Synonyms and related words: aerate, aerify, atomize, be aromatic, be redolent of, blow, blow off, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, carbonate, chlorinate, cough, discharge, distill, eject, emanate, emit, emit a smell, etherify,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25exhale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. breathe, expel, emanate, emit, expire, transpire, respire, blow. See excretion, wind, odor. Ant., inhale. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. breathe out, expire, blow, sigh; see breathe 1 , emit 1 . III… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26exhale — ex|hale [ eks heıl ] verb intransitive or transitive to breathe air out through your mouth or nose ─ opposite INHALE ╾ ex|ha|la|tion [ ,ekshə leıʃn ] noun count or uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27exhale — ex·hale || eks heɪl v. breath out …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28exhale — [ɪks heɪl, ɛks ] verb 1》 breathe out. 2》 give off (vapour or fumes). Derivatives exhalable adjective exhalation noun Origin ME: from OFr. exhaler, from L. exhalare, from ex out + halare breathe …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29exhale — I. v. a. Emit, evaporate, breathe, emit in vapor, throw off in effluvia. II. v. n. Fly off, pass off, be evaporated, be exhaled …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30exhale — v 1. breathe, respire, expire, exsufflate; blow, puff, huff, bluster, pant, gasp, wheeze; sigh, sough, whisper, whistle, whiff, whiffle. 2. breathe out, expel, emit, eject, belch; blow off, give off, emanate, spout, send off, pass off, pour off;… …

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