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exhale

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ex·hale  (ks-hl, k-sl)
v. ex·haled, ex·hal·ing, ex·hales
v.intr.
1.
a. To breathe out.
b. To emit air or vapor.
2. To be given off or emitted.
v.tr.
1. To blow (something) forth or breathe (something) out.
2. To give off; emit: chimneys exhaling dense smoke.

[Middle English exalen, from Latin exhlre : ex-, ex- + hlre, to breathe.]

exhale [ɛksˈheɪl ɪgˈzeɪl]
vb
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) to expel (breath, tobacco smoke, etc.) from the lungs; breathe out
2. to give off (air, vapour, fumes, etc.) or (of air, vapour, etc.) to be given off; emanate
[from Latin exhālāre to breathe out, from hālāre to breathe]
exhalable  adj
exhalation  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.exhaleexhale - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"
breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
snort - make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; "The critic snorted contemptuously"
blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
breathe in, inhale, inspire - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
2.exhale - give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"
emit, pass off, breathe - expel (gases or odors)

exhale
verb
1. breathe out, breathe, expel, blow out, respire Hold your breath for a moment and exhale.
2. give off, emit, steam, discharge, send out, evaporate, issue, eject, emanate The craters exhale water, carbon dioxide, and sulphur dioxide.
Translations
exhale [eksˈheɪl]
A. VT [+ air, fumes] → despedir
B. VIespirar

exhale [ɛksˈheɪl]
vt [+ breath] → expirer; [+ smoke] → exhaler
viexpirer

exhale
vt
(= breathe out)ausatmen
(= give off) smokeabgeben; gas, vapourablassen, abgeben
viausatmen

exhale [ɛksˈheɪl] vt & viespirare
exhale [ɛksˈheɪl] vt & viespirare

exhale
v exhale [eksˈheil]
to breathe out. uitasem زَفَر، نَفَثَ издишвам vydechovat ånde ud aushauchen εκπνέω exhalar välja hingama باز دمیدن؛ برون دادن hengittää ulos expirer לִנשוֹף श्वास निकालना izdahnuti kilehel mengembuskan anda frá sér esalare 吐き出す 숨을 내쉬다 iškvėpti izelpot menghembuskan uitademen puste ut, utånde wydychać exalar a expira выдыхать vydychovať izdihovati izdisati andas ut หายใจออก nefes vermek 呼氣 випускати; видихати سانس یا دھنواں چھوڑنا thốt ra
n exhalation [eksəˈleiʃən]
uitaseming زَفير، إخْراج النَّفَس издишване výdech, výpar udånding die Ausatmung εκπνοή exhalación väljahingamine بازدم uloshengitys exhalation נְשִיפָה नि:श्वसन izdisaj (ki)gőzölgés; kilégzés pengembusan útöndun esalazione 吐き出し 내쉬기 iškvėpimas izelpošana penghembusan uitademing utånding; dunst wydech, wydychanie exalação expiraţie выдыхание; выдох výpary izdih izdah utandning การหายใจออก nefes verme 呼氣 видихання; випаровування سانس باہر نکالنا sự thốt ra


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Gold doth his breath exhale, and golden rain: so doth his heart desire.
The dews were suffered to exhale, and the sun had dispersed the mists, and was shedding a strong and clear light in the forest, when the travelers resumed their journey.
Thus Cedric, who dried his hands with a towel, instead of suffering the moisture to exhale by waving them gracefully in the air, incurred more ridicule than his companion Athelstane, when he swallowed to his own single share the whole of a large pasty composed of the most exquisite foreign delicacies, and termed at that time a Karum-Pie.
 
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