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EXHALE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expel air

Example:

Exhale when you lift the weight

Synonyms:

breathe out; exhale; expire

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "exhale" is one way to...):

breathe; respire; suspire; take a breath (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhale"):

snort (make a snorting sound by exhaling hard)

blow (exhale hard)

Sentence frames:

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Antonym:

inhale (draw in (air))

Derivation:

exhalation (the act of expelling air from the lungs)

exhalation (exhaled breath)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give out (breath or an odor)

Example:

The chimney exhales a thick smoke

Synonyms:

emanate; exhale; give forth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "exhale" is one way to...):

breathe; emit; pass off (expel (gases or odors))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

exhalation (exhaled breath)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Tobacco smoke that is exhaled by smokers.

(Mainstream smoke, NCI Dictionary)

Smoke that comes from the burning of a tobacco product and smoke that is exhaled by smokers.

(Environmental tobacco smoke, NCI Dictionary)

A finding based on test results that indicate a relative decrease in the fraction of the forced vital capacity that is exhaled in a specific number of seconds.

(Decreased Forced Expiratory Volume, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

This enables them to sense the plumes of air we exhale.

(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)

Plants and forests draw water out of the soil and exhale it into the atmosphere, impacting the balance of water and heat at our planet's surface, which fundamentally controls the weather.

(How trees affect the weather, National Science Foundation)

When mammals exhale, the depleted air follows the same route out of the body, exhibiting a so-called tidal flow pattern.

(Following the lizard lung labyrinth, National Science Foundation)

Every breath exhaled by that monster seemed to have clung to the place and intensified its loathsomeness.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In nature, humans exhale carbon dioxide and plants convert it back to oxygen.

(Oxygen-Producing Bacteria Could Help Heart Attack Sufferers, VOA News)

The air that is inhaled and exhaled during respiration.

(Breath, NCI Thesaurus)

A decrease in the fraction of the forced vital capacity that is exhaled in a specific number of seconds.

(Decreased Forced Expiratory Volume, NCI Thesaurus)