Exhale \Ex*hale"\ ([e^]ks*h[=a]l" or [e^]gz*[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaled}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Exaling}.] [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. {Inhale}.] 1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. --Pope.
2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sun exhales the moisture of the earth.
Exhale \Ex*hale"\, v. i. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. --Prescott.
Soon to come is positive-pressure breathing that forces air into the lungs and forces a pilot to exhale.
Mr. Ericson encouraged me to exhale on my aays and ohs.
Scientists are patterning the system after Earth: Plants take nutrition from manure and other waste products and produce food. Humans inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide; plants use the carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.