| VERB | body | breathe out, exhale, expire | expel air |
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| Meaning | Expel air. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | exhale, expire | |
| Entailed by | breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire | Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs |
| smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes | |
| sneeze | exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose | |
| Narrower | blow | exhale hard |
| snort | make a snorting sound by exhaling hard | |
| Broader | breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire | Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs |
| See also | breathe | draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs |
| Opposite | inhale, inspire, breathe in | Draw in (air) |
| Spanish | espirar, exhalar | |
| Catalan | exhalar, expirar | |
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