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exhale
(eks hāl′, eks′hāl′)
intransitive verb exhaled, exhaling
- to breathe out
- to be given off or rise into the air as vapor; evaporate
Origin: Fr exhaler < L exhalare < ex-, out + halare, to breathe < IE base *an- > Gr anemos, L animus
transitive verb
- to breathe out (air, cigarette smoke, etc.)
- to give off (vapor, fumes, etc.)
See exhale in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb ex·haled, ex·hal·ing, ex·hales verb, intransitive
- a. To breathe out.b. To emit air or vapor.
- To be given off or emitted.
- To blow (something) forth or breathe (something) out.
- To give off; emit: chimneys exhaling dense smoke.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English exalen
Origin: , from Latin exhālāre
Origin: : ex-, ex-
Origin: + hālāre, to breathe
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