exhale

Etymology

From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).

verb

1. (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
2. (transitive) To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
3. (intransitive) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
   Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence. 2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray, published 2009, page 9
4. (transitive) To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
   The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
5. (transitive) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
   The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.

noun

1. An exhalation.
   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