exhale

1 expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight" [syn: expire, breathe out] [ant: inhale]

2 give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" [syn: give forth, emanate]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪl

Intransitive verb

1. To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

Synonyms

• breathe out, expire (archaic)

Antonyms

• breathe in, inspire

Translations

• Finnish: hengittää ulos
• Telugu: నిశ్వాసించు (niSvaasiMchu)
• Danish: ånde ud

Transitive verb

1. To expel (something) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.

Synonyms

• breathe out, expire (archaic)

Antonyms

• breathe in, inhale

Derived terms

• exhalation

Exhalation (or expiration) is the movement of air out of the bronchial tubes, through the airways, to the external environment during breathing.

Exhaled air is rich in carbon dioxide, a waste product of cellular respiration during the production of ATP.

Exhalation has a complementary relationship to inhalation; the cycling between these two efforts define respiration.

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