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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. exhaled breath;
[syn: halitus, exhalation]

2. the act of expelling air from the lungs;
[syn: exhalation, expiration, breathing out]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Exhalation \Ex`ha*la"tion\, n. [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.] 1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. [1913 Webster] Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. [archaic] [1913 Webster +PJC] I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

exhalation n 1: exhaled breath [syn: halitus, exhalation] 2: the act of expelling air from the lungs [syn: exhalation, expiration, breathing out]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhalation": air, breath, effluvium, emanation, emission, evaporation, exhaust, expiration, fog, fume, gas, mist, puff, respiration, steam, suspiration, vapor, whiff