exhale Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb expel air
    expire; breathe out.
    • Exhale when you lift the weight
  2. verb give out (breath or an odor)
    give forth; emanate.
    • The chimney exhales a thick smoke

WordNet

Ex*hale" transitive verb
Etymology
L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Exaled present participle & verbal noun Exaling
Definitions
  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.
Ex*hale" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
    Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott.

Webster 1913