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EXHALATION

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English dictionary: Word overview

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.


English dictionary: Word details


EXHALATION (noun)


Sense 1exhalation [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 2exhalation [BACK TO TOP]

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)


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