exhale
to emit breath or vapor; breathe out.
to pass off as vapor; pass off as an effluence.
to breathe out; emit (air, vapor, sound, etc.): to exhale a sigh.
to give off as vapor: The engine exhaled steam.
to draw out as a vapor or effluence; evaporate.
Origin of exhale
1Other words from exhale
- un·ex·haled, adjective
Words Nearby exhale
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How to use exhale in a sentence
The flu-covered immune rodents were not exhaling virus into the air.
Dust can infect animals with flu, raising coronavirus concerns | Erin Garcia de Jesus | August 24, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe larger respiratory droplets that are known to spread the coronavirus are larger bits of spit and mucus that a person propels outward when they forcefully exhale.
How To Make Indoor Air Safer | Kaleigh Rogers (kaleigh.rogers@fivethirtyeight.com) | July 20, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightFilters in the tubing keep each patient’s exhaled air from infecting others.
COVID-19 victims could breathe easier with these innovations | Kathiann Kowalski | May 7, 2020 | Science News For StudentsBreathing in smaller airborne droplets exhaled or coughed out may also cause infection.
Six foot social-distancing will not always be enough for COVID-19 | Tina Hesman Saey | April 23, 2020 | Science News For StudentsBetween 30 and 40 percent of the people with coronavirus infections exhaled viruses if they wore no mask.
How much do masks help against COVID-19? | Tina Hesman Saey | April 23, 2020 | Science News For Students
Changing the way you inhale and exhale can help you feel more relaxed, energized, or focused.
Then, exhale through a slightly open mouth as you count to four.
Like a gangster shooting in a Hays Code era motion picture, the inhale and the exhale are shown in separate shots.
‘Silicon Valley’ and the Return of Stoner Television | Rich Goldstein | April 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMom drew deeply on her cigarette, fingers shaking on the exhale.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSilently count to five on each inhale and exhale; continue for five to 15 minutes.
5 Healthier Ways to Detox (That Aren’t Juice Cleanses) | DailyBurn | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNigel's enthusiasm seemed almost visibly to exhale from the paper as Isaacson held the letter in his hands.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensSmoking was called drinking tobacco, as the fashionable method was to "put it through the nose" or exhale it through the nostrils.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The kitchen was so close to the living rooms that, at dinner-time, the whole house seemed to exhale a smell of roast mutton.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor TrollopeThat organ has only to exhale, in its degree, a fostering tropic air in order to produce complications almost beyond reckoning.
The Awkward Age | Henry JamesAs soon as conscious breathing was necessary it was my custom deliberately to inhale on one step and exhale on the next.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
British Dictionary definitions for exhale
/ (ɛksˈheɪl, ɪɡˈzeɪl) /
to expel (breath, tobacco smoke, etc) from the lungs; breathe out
to give off (air, vapour, fumes, etc) or (of air, vapour, etc) to be given off; emanate
Origin of exhale
1Derived forms of exhale
- exhalable, adjective
- exhalation, noun
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