exhale

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to…

   To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.

2. 2

   To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.

3. 3

   To pass off in the form of vapour

   To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.

   • Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.
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   1. 4

      To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).

      • The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
      • Leſs fragrant Scents th' unfolding Roſe exhales, / Or Spices breathing in Arabian Gales.
   2. 5

      To draw out

      To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.

      • The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.
   3. 6

      An exhalation.

      • Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale.

The neighborhood

• synonymemanate
• synonymemit
• synonymexhale
• synonymexpel
• antonyminbreatheantonym(s) of “expel (transitive)”
• antonymbreathe inantonym(s) of “expel (transitive)”
• antonyminhaleantonym(s) of “expel (transitive)”
• antonyminspireantonym(s) of “breathe out (intransitive)”
• neighborinhalation
• neighborinhale
• neighborinhaler
• neighbordispatch
• neighborturbulence
• neighborvent
• neighborwind
• neighbordischarge
• neighborejection
• neighboroutput
• neighborblow
• neighborexcern