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EXUDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

Example:

exude sweat through the pores

Synonyms:

exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

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

distil; distill (give off (a liquid))

fume; reek (be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face)

transpire (give off (water) through the skin)

extravasate (geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth)

stream (exude profusely)

gum (exude or form gum)

release; secrete (generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids)

froth (exude or expel foam)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

exudate (a substance that oozes out from plant pores)

exudation (the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes)

exudation (a substance that oozes out from plant pores)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make apparent by one's mood or behavior

Example:

She exudes great confidence

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

evince; express; show (give expression to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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