exhale

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: ex=hale

CIDE DICTIONARY

exhale, v. t. [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale.].

•  To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.  [1913 Webster]

  "Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales."  [1913 Webster]
•  To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sun exhales the moisture of the earth.  [1913 Webster]

exhale, v. i. 

 To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.  [1913 Webster]
"Their inspiration exhaled in elegies."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

exhale, v.
1 tr. breathe out (esp. air or smoke) from the lungs.
2 tr. & intr. give off or be given off in vapour.

Derivative

exhalable adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF exhaler f. L exhalare (as EX-(1), halare breathe)

THESAURUS

exhale

aerate, aerify, atomize, be aromatic, be redolent of, blow, blow off, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, carbonate, chlorinate, cough, discharge, distill, eject, emanate, emit, emit a smell, etherify, etherize, evacuate, evaporate, exhaust, expel, expire, fluidize, fractionate, fume, fumigate, gasify, gasp, give forth, give off, give out, give vent to, gulp, hack, hiccup, huff, hydrogenate, inhale, inspire, issue forth, let out, open the floodgates, open the sluices, oxygenate, pant, pass off, perfume, puff, reek, respire, send out, sigh, smell, smell of, smoke, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, spray, steam, stink, sublimate, sublime, throw off, vapor, vaporize, volatilize, wheeze, yield an odor

ROGET THESAURUS

exhale

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.

Vaporization

VB render gaseous, vaporize, volatilize, distill, sublime, evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate, cohobate, finestill, bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil.

Odor

VB have an odor, smell, smell of, smell strong of, exhale, give out a smell, reek, reek of, scent, smell, scent, snuff, snuff up, sniff, nose, inhale.