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exhale
English
Etymology
From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?ks?he?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
Verb
exhale (third-person singular simple present exhales, present participle exhaling, simple past and past participle exhaled)
- (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
- (transitive) To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
- (intransitive) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
- 2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray 2009, p. 9:
- Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.
- 2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray 2009, p. 9:
- (transitive) To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
- The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
- (transitive) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
- The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.
Synonyms
- (breathe out (intransitive)): outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic)
- (expel (transitive)): outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic)
Antonyms
- (expel (transitive)): inbreathe, breathe in, inhale
- (breathe out (intransitive)): inbreathe, breathe in, inspire
Derived terms
- exhalation
Related terms
- inhalation
- inhale
- inhaler
Translations
Noun
exhale (plural exhales)
- An exhalation.
- 2009, David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice
- Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale.
- 2009, David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice
Further reading
- exhale in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- exhale in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- exhale at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Verb
exhale
- first-person singular present indicative of exhaler
- third-person singular present indicative of exhaler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exhaler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of exhaler
- second-person singular imperative of exhaler
Portuguese
Verb
exhale
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of exhalar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of exhalar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of exhalar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of exhalar
Spanish
Verb
exhale
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of exhalar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of exhalar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of exhalar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of exhalar.
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puff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
From Middle English puff, puf, from Old English pyf (“a blast of wind, puff”), imitative. Cognate with Middle Low German puf, pof.
Noun
puff (countable and uncountable, plural puffs)
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- Synonym: wind
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- 1674, Thomas Flatman, Poems and Songs
- to every puff of wind a slave
- 1674, Thomas Flatman, Poems and Songs
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- Synonym: drag
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- 1931, Bernard Shaw, Our Theatre in the Nineties (volume 24, page 246)
- […] we critics were not his fellow-guests, but simply deadheads whose business it was to "dress the house" and write puffs.
- 1931, Bernard Shaw, Our Theatre in the Nineties (volume 24, page 246)
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- a sleeve with a puff at the shoulder
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- Synonyms: pastry, cream puff
- A puffball.
- 1598, John Florio, A Worlde of Wordes, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, London: Edward Blount, p. 47,[1]
- Bozzacchio, an acorne. Also a puffe or mushrump full of dust.
- 1598, John Florio, A Worlde of Wordes, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, London: Edward Blount, p. 47,[1]
- A powder puff.
- (dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.
- 1842, "A Paper on Puffing", Ainsworth's Magazine
- Is nothing to be said in praise of the "Emporiums" and "Repositories" and "Divans," which formerly were mere insignificant tailors', toymen's, and tobacconists' shops? Is the transition from the barber's pole to the revolving bust of the perruquier, nothing? — the leap from the bare counter-traversed shop to the carpeted and mirrored saloon of trade, nothing? Are they not, one and all, practical puffs, intended to invest commerce with elegance, and to throw a halo round extravagance?
- 1848, Mrs. White, "Puffs and Puffing", in Sharpe's London Magazine
- Here the duke is made the vehicle of the tailor's advertisement, and the prelusive compliments, ostensibly meant for his grace, merge into a covert recommendation of the coat. Several specimens might be given of this species of puff, which is to be met with in almost every paper, and is a favourite form with booksellers, professional men, &c.
- 2008, David Paton-Williamspage, Katterfelto, page xii
- He was the eighteenth century king of spin, or, in the language of the day, the "prince of puff".
- 1842, "A Paper on Puffing", Ainsworth's Magazine
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- (slang, dated, Britain) Life.
- 1938, P. G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters
- Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?
- 1938, P. G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters
- (derogatory, slang, Britain, particularly northern UK) Synonym of poof: a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English puffen, from Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). Compare Dutch puffen, German Low German puffen, German puffen, Danish puffe, Swedish puffa.
Verb
puff (third-person singular simple present puffs, present participle puffing, simple past and past participle puffed)
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists
- By and by comes the ass back again, Puffing and Blowing, from the Chase.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
- Puffing and panting, we plodded on until within about a mile of the harbor we came upon a sight that brought us all up standing.
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists
- (transitive, archaic) To advertise.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Boyle to this entry?)
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- 1633, George Herbert, The Quip
- Then came brave Glory puffing by.
- 1633, George Herbert, The Quip
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- The clearing north will puff the clouds away.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- 1685, John Dryden, The Twenty-Ninth Ode of the First Book of Horace
- I puff the prostitute away.
- 1685, John Dryden, The Twenty-Ninth Ode of the First Book of Horace
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- a bladder puffed with air
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides Translated into English
- puffed up with military success
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides Translated into English
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
Derived terms
- outpuff
- puffed
- puff up
- puff out
Translations
Finnish
Interjection
puff
- poof (deflating object or a magical disappearance)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?puf?]
- Hyphenation: puff
- Rhymes: -uf?
Etymology 1
From German puffen.
Noun
puff (plural puffok)
- pouf, puff, pouffe (a backless, rounded, cushioned low stool)
- (dressmaking) pouf (on the upper part of the sleeves)
- puff, powder puff (a pad of soft material used for the application of cosmetic powder to the face)
Declension
Etymology 2
Back-formation from puffad, puffant, puffaszt.
Interjection
puff
- bang! pouf! (onomatopoeia representing a sudden sharp noise or crashing sound)
References
Further reading
- (pouf, puff, pouffe): puff in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- (bang): puff in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
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