1.
[syn: exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze]
2. make apparent by one's mood or behavior;
- Example: "She exudes great confidence"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exude \Ex*ude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exuded; p. pr. & vb. n.
exuding.] [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to
sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder.
See Sweat.]
To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other
liquid matter; to give out.
[1913 Webster]
Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. --Dr.
T. Dwight.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exude \Ex*ude"\, v. i.
To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural
discharge, as juice.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exude
v 1: release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude
sweat through the pores" [syn: exude, exudate,
transude, ooze out, ooze]
2: make apparent by one's mood or behavior; "She exudes great
confidence"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "exude":
bleed, discharge, drip, effuse, egest, eliminate, emanate, emit,
excrete, exfiltrate, extravasate, exudate, filter, filtrate,
give off, leach, lixiviate, ooze, pass, percolate, perspire, reek,
secrete, seep, sew, strain, sweat, swelter, transpire, transude,
trickle, weep, wilt