to exhale
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2.6
- verb
- /ɪkˈseɪl/
:
exhalar
- Taking a deep breath in and exhaling completely.
So we're going to exhale in spurts.
- So we're going to exhale in spurts.
- Hold your breath and then exhale for longer than you inhaled.
- And you might then exhale and say, OK, this is over.
- One more breathe in, exhale through a straw.
- Expand your chest and then slowly exhale through your mouth.
- Just just exhale and start breathing normally.
- There was never a time of just exhaling.
- But typically we inhale, then we exhale as we inhale.
- There is this sense that we can exhale a sense of relief.
Examples
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So we're going to exhale in spurts.
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What the tree is exhaling, you're inhaling.
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And two, one, exhale fully all the way out.
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And you might then exhale and say, OK, this is over.
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So take a deep breath, exhale, and close your eyes.
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And then you can exhale with your nose or your mouth.
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Expand your chest and then slowly exhale through your mouth.
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Do they exhale trace elements as vapor to be lost on the winds?
Fiction book (1998) -
I remember to count to four as I exhale through my mouth, softly whistling.
Fiction book (1996) -
Take a deep breath and then exhale slowly to relax your body.
Synonyms
34
5.0
Push out a substance, for example gas from a body or container
8
1.0
To push air out of your lungs
1
5.5
To send out a sound, light, or smell
Antonyms
How Forceful
62
2.6
80
1.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
exhale = hale (semi-transparent) = ex + hale
The prefix 'ex-' conveys 'out' and signals an outward breathing action, but the root 'hale' is not a common standalone modern verb meaning 'breathe', so learners may only partially infer the meaning.
Etymology
The word exhale comes from the parts ex- meaning 'out' and -hale meaning 'to breathe', and it is the opposite of inhale. So to exhale is to 'breathe out'.