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Meaning of EXUDE

Pronunciation:  ig'zood

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
  2. [v]  make apparent by one's mood or behaviour; "She exude great confidence"
 
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 Synonyms: exudate, ooze, ooze out, transude
 
 See Also: distil, distill, egest, eliminate, evince, excrete, express, extravasate, fume, gum, pass, reek, release, secrete, show, stream, transpire

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ex*ude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exuded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {exuding}.] [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to
    sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder.
    See {Sweat}.]
    To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other
    liquid matter; to give out.
          Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. --Dr.
                                                   T. Dwight.
    
  2. \Ex*ude"\, v. i.
    To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural
    discharge, as juice.
    
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: bleed, discharge, drip, effuse, egest, eliminate, emanate, emit, excrete, exfiltrate, extravasate, exudate, filter, filtrate, give off, leach, lixiviate, ooze, pass, percolate, perspire, reek, secrete, seep, sew, strain, sweat, swelter, transpire, transude, trickle, weep, wilt
 

 

 

 

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