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BREATHING OUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
