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exhale

/ɛksˈheɪl/

Translations

exhaleverb

exhaled

Past Simple

exhaled

Past Participle

exhaling

Gerund

/ɛksˈheɪl/

expirer

After holding his breath underwater, he surfaced and exhaled deeply.

Après avoir retenu sa respiration sous l’eau, il est remonté à la surface et a expiré profondément.

Additional translations

émettreAu sens de dégager de la vapeur, de la fumée ou un gaz.

Synonyms

breath out

Antonyms

exhalenoun

exhales

/ɪksˈheɪl/

/ɛksˈheɪl/

Informal, countable use meaning a breath or act of breathing out

expiration

She took a slow exhale, trying to calm her nerves.

Elle a pris une lente expiration, essayant de se calmer.

Additional translations

soufflePour désigner l’air expiré ou la vapeur expirée.

Synonyms

outward breath

Definitions

exhaleverb

To breathe out air from the lungs.

After holding his breath underwater, he surfaced and exhaled deeply.

To emit or give off, as in vapor or gas.

The chimney exhaled smoke into the cold winter air.

exhalenoun

An act or instance of breathing out air; an exhalation.

She took a slow exhale, trying to calm her nerves.

Air or vapor that has been breathed out.

You could see his warm exhale in the frosty morning air.