EXHALATION

exhalation, expiration, breathing out

(noun) the act of expelling air from the lungs

halitus, exhalation

(noun) exhaled breath

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

exhalation (countable and uncountable, plural exhalations)

The act or process of exhaling; breathing out

That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam

A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex`ha*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]

1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.

3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 November 2024

LEAVE

(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”


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