'Exhalation' definitions:
Definition of 'exhalation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Exhaled breath [syn: halitus, exhalation]
noun
The act of expelling air from the lungs [syn: exhalation, expiration, breathing out]
Definition of 'Exhalation'
From: GCIDE
- Exhalation \Ex`ha*la"tion\, n. [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]
- 1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. [archaic] [1913 Webster +PJC]
- I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exhalation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air,
- breath,
- effluvium,
- emanation,
- emission,
- evaporation,
- exhaust,
- expiration,
- fog,
- fume,
- gas,
- mist,
- puff,
- respiration,
- steam,
- suspiration,
- vapor,
- whiff