exhale.
To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
Meaning & usage
To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).
An exhalation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).
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