EXHALATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does exhalation mean?
• EXHALATION (noun)
The noun EXHALATION has 2 senses:
1. exhaled breath
2. the act of expelling air from the lungs
Familiarity information: EXHALATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXHALATION (noun)
Meaning:
Exhaled breath
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
exhalation; halitus
Hypernyms ("exhalation" is a kind of...):
breath (the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhalation"):
halitosis (offensive breath)
Meaning:
The act of expelling air from the lungs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
breathing out; exhalation; expiration
Hypernyms ("exhalation" is a kind of...):
breath (the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhalation"):
cough; coughing (the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise)
huffing; puffing; snorting (an act of forcible exhalation)
blow; puff (forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth)
wind (breath)
Holonyms ("exhalation" is a part of...):
breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)
