exude

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪɡˈzud/ UK /ɪɡˈzjuːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #46455

Meanings

1

verb
To show a quality or feeling strongly and clearly through the way you look or behave.

She exudes confidence whenever she walks into a room.
2

verb
To slowly release a liquid or smell, often through the surface of something.

The wound exuded a clear fluid.

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Synonyms

2 verb · to slowly release a liquid... ooze

Word family

Forms exudationexudedexudesexuding

Derived forms exudantexudateexudationexuderexudivoreexusionnonexudingunexuded

Simplified etymology

Exude, recorded from the late 16th century in the sense “discharge,” comes from Latin exsudare, formed from ex- “out” and sudare “to sweat.”

Etymology

Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

*sweyd- Proto-Indo-European

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# exude

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪɡˈzud/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪɡˈzjuːd/
**Frequency rank:** 46455

## Meanings
1. To show a quality or feeling strongly and clearly through the way you look or behave.
2. To slowly release a liquid or smell, often through the surface of something.

## Examples
- She exudes confidence whenever she walks into a room.
- The wound exuded a clear fluid.

## Derived Forms
- exudant
- exudate
- exudation
- exuder
- exudivore
- exusion
- nonexuding
- unexuded

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sweyd-

## Etymology
Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

## AI Etymology
Exude is traced through latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-. In present-day use, it can mean to show a quality or feeling strongly and clearly through the way you look or behave, or to slowly release a liquid or smell, often through the surface of something. Derived formations include exudant, exudate, exudation, exuder, and exudivore.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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