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exhale

ex·hale [ eks háyl ] (past and past participle ex·haled, present participle ex·hal·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·hales)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb breathe out: to breathe out, or breathe something out

2. transitive verb give off or be given off: to give off something such as a smell or a vapor ( literary )

[14th century. Via French< Latin exhalare< halare "breathe"]
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