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