Definitions for: Exhale


[v] expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"
[v] give out, as of breath or an odor; "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*hale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaled, p. pr. & vb.
n.. Exaling.] [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe;
cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale.]
1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as
an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor;
marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales.
--Pope.

2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum
exhales the moisture of the earth.


Ex*hale", v. i.
To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.

Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. --Prescott.

Synonyms: breathe out, emanate, expire, give forth

Antonyms: breathe in, inhale, inspire

See Also: blow, breathe, emit, pass off, respire, snort, suspire, take a breath

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