exhaling

Verb

exhale (third-person singular simple present exhales, present participle exhaling, simple past and past participle exhaled)

1. (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.

   Synonyms:

   outbreathe, breathe out, expire

2. (transitive) To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.

   Synonyms:

   outbreathe, breathe out, expire

3. (intransitive) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
   • Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray, published 2009, page 9
4. (transitive) To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
   • The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
5. (transitive) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
   • The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.

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