BREATHING OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of expelling air from the lungs

Synonyms:

breathing out; exhalation; expiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("breathing out" is a kind of...):

breath (the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breathing out"):

huffing; puffing; snorting (an act of forcible exhalation)

blow; puff (forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth)

wind (breath)

Holonyms ("breathing out" is a part of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)