'Exhale' definitions:
Definition of 'exhale'
(from WordNet)
verb
Expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight" [syn: exhale, expire, breathe out] [ant: breathe in, inhale, inspire]
verb
Give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" [syn: exhale, give forth, emanate]
Definition of 'Exhale'
From: GCIDE
- Exhale \Ex*hale"\ ([e^]ks*h[=a]l" or [e^]gz*[=a]l"), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sun exhales the moisture of the earth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exhale'
From: GCIDE
- Exhale \Ex*hale"\, v. i. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish. [1913 Webster]
- Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exhale'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- etherize,
- evacuate,
- evaporate,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expire,
- fluidize,
- fractionate,
- fume,
- fumigate,
- gasify,
- gasp,
- give forth,
- give off,
- give out,
- give vent to,
- gulp,
- hack,
- hiccup,
- huff,
- hydrogenate,
- inhale,
- inspire,
- issue forth,
- let out,
- open the floodgates,
- open the sluices,
- oxygenate,
- pant,
- pass off,
- perfume,
- puff,
- reek,
- respire,
- send out,
- sigh,
- smell,
- smell of,
- smoke,
- sneeze,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- spray,
- steam,
- stink,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- throw off,
- vapor,
- vaporize,
- volatilize,
- wheeze,
- yield an odor