EMANATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does emanate mean?
• EMANATE (verb)
The verb EMANATE has 2 senses:
1. proceed or issue forth, as from a source
2. give out (breath or an odor)
Familiarity information: EMANATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EMANATE (verb)
Meaning:
Proceed or issue forth, as from a source
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Water emanates from this hole in the ground
Hypernyms (to "emanate" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emanate"):
effuse; flow out (flow or spill forth)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Give out (breath or an odor)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
give forth; emanate; exhale
Context example:
The chimney exhales a thick smoke
Hypernyms (to "emanate" is one way to...):
breathe; emit; pass off (expel (gases or odors))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
