exhaled

Variant of exhale

exhale definition

ex·hale (eks hāl′, eks′hāl′)

intransitive verb exhaled -·haled′, exhaling -·hal′·ing

  1. to breathe out
  2. to be given off or rise into the air as vapor; evaporate

Etymology: Fr exhaler < L exhalare < ex-, out + halare, to breathe < IE base *an- > Gr anemos, L animus

transitive verb

  1. to breathe out (air, cigarette smoke, etc.)
  2. to give off (vapor, fumes, etc.)

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