US /ɛksˈheɪl/ UK /ɛksˈheɪl/
verb Freq #13749

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    give out (breath or an odor)

    The chimney exhales a thick smoke.

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Synonyms
1 verb · give out (breath or an odor) give forth
Word family
Forms exhaledexhalesexhaling
Derived forms exhalableexhalationexhalativeexhalementunexhaled

Etymology

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

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