exhale
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See also exhalé
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
exhale (third-person singular simple present exhales, present participle exhaling, simple past and past participle exhaled)
- (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
- (intransitive) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
- 2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray 2009, p. 9:
- Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.
- 2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray 2009, p. 9:
- (transitive) To expel (something) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
Synonyms [edit]
- (breathe out (intransitive)): outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic)
- (expel (transitive)): outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic)
Antonyms [edit]
- (expel (transitive)): inbreathe, breathe in, inhale
- (breathe out (intransitive)): inbreathe, breathe in, inspire
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
breathe out (intransitive)
External links [edit]
- exhale in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- exhale in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- exhale at OneLook Dictionary Search
French [edit]
Verb [edit]
exhale
- first-person singular present indicative of exhaler
- third-person singular present indicative of exhaler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exhaler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exhaler
- second-person singular imperative of exhaler
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
exhale (infinitive exhalar)
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- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
