exhale
/ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.11 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
Intransitive verb
verb
To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
Transitive verb
noun
An exhalation.
Example Sentences
- "Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence."
- "Passengers on the earliest railway services would not even have enjoyed the luxury of a platform, instead having to step up onto the waiting open top wagons, where they would experience a journey that left many choking on the plumes of smoke exhaled by the leading locomotive."
- "The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia."
- "Leſs fragrant Scents th' unfolding Roſe exhales, / Or Spices breathing in Arabian Gales."
- "The sun exhales the moisture of the earth."
- "Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂enh₁-