exhale
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exhale
- /ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l/
- [ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l]
- /ɪɡˈzeɪ̯l/
- [ɪɡˈzeɪ̯l] archaic
Rhymes with -eɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).
verb exhales · exhaling · exhaled
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To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
Similar: outbreathe, breathe out, expire
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To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
Similar: outbreathe, breathe out, expire
- To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge. Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.
- 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.
Similar: emanate, emit, exhale, expel · Opposite: inbreathe, breathe in, inhale, inspire
noun exhales
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: breathe out, expire, emanate, give forth, breathe, lapse, expiration, expiring, expiry, outbreathe, rebreathe, exhalate, exhaust, outbray, exsufflate, sneeze
Translations
Every language
verb to expel from the lungs
| Italiano | esalare |
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verb to breathe out
| Español | espirar, exhalar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 내쉬다 naeswida |
| 日本語 | 息を吐く iki o haku |
| 中文 | 呼出 hūchū |
| Português | exalar, expirar |
| Français | expirer |
| Deutsch | ausatmen |
| Italiano | espirare |
| Ελληνικά | εκπνέω ekpnéo |
| Română | expira |
| Русский | выдыха́ть vydyxátʹ, вы́дохнуть výdoxnutʹ |
| العربية | زَفَرَ zafara |
| עברית | נָשַׁף nasháf |
verb to emit vapour, odour, etc.
| Italiano | esalare |
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