Definition of: exhale

(eks·hāl′, ig·zāl′) v. ·haled, ·hal·ing v.i.
1. To expel air or vapor; breathe out.
2. To pass off or rise as a vapor or effluence; evaporate.
—v.t.
3. To breathe forth or give off, as gas, vapor, or an aroma.
4. To draw off; cause to evaporate: Heat exhales the earth's moisture. [<F exhaler <L exhalare <ex- out + halare breathe]
—ex·hal′a·ble adjective