exhale

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l/, [ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l] IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzeɪ̯l/, [ɪɡˈzeɪ̯l] (archaic) Rhymes: -eɪl Hyphenation: ex‧hale === Verb === exhale (third-person singular simple present exhales, present participle exhaling, simple past and past participle exhaled) (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out. (transitive) To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm. (intransitive) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge. (transitive) To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.). (transitive) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour. ==== Synonyms ==== (breathe out (intransitive)): outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic) (expel (transitive)): outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic) ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “expel (transitive)”): inbreathe, breathe in, inhale (antonym(s) of “breathe out (intransitive)”): inbreathe, breathe in, inspire ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inhalation inhale inhaler ==== Translations ==== === Noun === exhale (plural exhales) An exhalation. === Further reading === “exhale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “exhale”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “exhale”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Verb === exhale inflection of exhaler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Verb === exhale inflection of exhalar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === exhale inflection of exhalar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative