exhaling
present participle ofexhale
exhale
verb[IorT]
formaluk/eksˈheɪl/us/eksˈheɪl/tosendairout ofyourlungs:
Take adeepbreathin then exhale into themouthpiece.
Compare
inhale(BREATHE)
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
- aerobic
- aerobic respiration
- anaerobic respiration
- asphyxia
- asphyxiation
- breathable
- breathe
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Examplesofexhaling
exhaling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
As if in response to this, she suddenly sat up, looked at me, squeaked and then fell back against my chestexhalingher last breath.
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Breathing out refers, of course, both to blowing through the instrument and to the process ofexhalingexcess air held in the lungs at the end of a phrase.
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On top of that we have the organic filtering of the trees absorbing the polluted air and cleansing it beforeexhalingit.
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Though this may lock-down the dive response, it would requireexhalingfrom depths of at least 20m to completely side-step.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Powers include high jumping, four sharp claws on each hand, andexhalingsandstorms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This creates a unique effect of audibly inhaling andexhalingwhile simultaneously creating percussion sounds with the mouth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this episode, his tendency to destroy houses byexhalingis shown to be an allergy-like reaction to the sight of a door.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By contrast, the big cats can roar but can not purr, except whileexhaling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The scuba mask (half-mask) is equalized during descent by periodicallyexhalingthrough the nose.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The raider will chant kabaddi, kabaddi with hisexhalingbreath to show the referee he has not inhaled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She has the ability to create puffy, white clouds just byexhaling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Swimmers with allergies exacerbated by time in the pool should not expectexhalingthrough the nose to completely prevent intranasal irritation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Holding the nose andexhalingagainst the obstruction has a similar effect.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mode of breathing can be checked by examining air flow whileexhaling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whenexhaling, the internal intercostal muscles push the ribs inward, while the rectus abdominis pulls the hips and liver forwards and the belly inward.
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