exhale : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exhale	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for exhale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exhale v expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight" [syn: exhale, expire, breathe out] Antonym(s): breathe in, inhale, inspire give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" Synonym(s): exhale, give forth, emanate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exhale \Exhale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaled}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Exaling}.] [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. {Inhale}.] 1. 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. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. --Pope. 2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exhale \Ex*hale"\, v. i. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish. Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. --Prescott.