Exhale
[eks-heyl, ek-seyl] /ɛksˈheɪl, ɛkˈseɪl/
verb (used without object), exhaled, exhaling.
1.
to emit breath or vapor; breathe out.
2.
to pass off as vapor; pass off as an effluence.
verb (used with object), exhaled, exhaling.
3.
to breathe out; emit (air, vapor, sound, etc.):
to exhale a sigh.
4.
to give off as vapor:
The engine exhaled steam.
5.
to draw out as a vapor or effluence; evaporate.
/ɛksˈheɪl; ɪɡˈzeɪl/
verb
1.
to expel (breath, tobacco smoke, etc) from the lungs; breathe out
2.
to give off (air, vapour, fumes, etc) or (of air, vapour, etc) to be given off; emanate
v.
c.1400, from Middle French exhaler (14c.), from Latin exhalare “breathe out, evaporate,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + halare “breathe.” Related: Exhaled; exhaling.
exhale ex·hale (ěks-hāl’, ěk-sāl’)
v. ex·haled, ex·hal·ing, ex·hales
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