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exhale
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As a verb, exhale means expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out. As a noun, it means an exhalation.
Meanings of exhale
7 meaningsverb
To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
“The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.”
To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
“The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.”
noun
An exhalation.
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