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exhale

Pronunciation: /ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l/

The English word “exhale” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
  2. To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
  3. To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
  4. To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
  5. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.

noun

  1. An exhalation.

Etymology

From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).

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