exhale

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
2. (transitive) To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
3. (intransitive) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
4. (transitive) To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
5. (transitive) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.

Noun

An exhalation.

Synonyms

breathe out

breathe

expire

give forth

evaporate

puff

volatize

vapourize

release

blow

respire

blow out

emanate

inhale

sigh

spill over

spread

spread out

straggle

stream

withdrawal

draw breath

bleeding

🩸

breath out

diffuse

disappear

discharge

emit

extend

flare

generalise

generalize

overspread

perfuse

pull

reek

rush

Translations

ausatmen

exhalar

exhaler

esalare

expirer

espirare

uitademen

ademen

exhalar

getuigen van

εκπνέω

espirar

expirar

exhalieren

exhalare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛksˈheɪl/

Etymology

From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).