EXUDE

exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze

(verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; “exude sweat through the pores”

exude

(verb) make apparent by one’s mood or behavior; “She exudes great confidence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

exude (third-person singular simple present exudes, present participle exuding, simple past and past participle exuded)

(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

(intransitive) To flow out through the pores.

Anagrams

• DExEU

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*ude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exuded; p. pr. & vb. n. exuding.] Etym: [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See Sweat.]

Definition: To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out. Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. Dr. T. Dwight.

Ex*ude", v. i.

Definition: To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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