| emission | | |
| n. (act) | 1. emanation, emission | the act of emitting; causing to flow forth. |
| ~ egression, egress, emergence | the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent. |
| ~ radiation | the act of spreading outward from a central source. |
| ~ venting, discharge | the act of venting. |
| n. (substance) | 2. discharge, emission | a substance that is emitted or released. |
| ~ material, stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" |
| ~ exudate, exudation | a substance that oozes out from plant pores. |
| ~ transudate, transudation | a substance that transudes. |
| ~ effluvium | a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste). |
| ~ rheum | a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose). |
| ~ vaginal discharge | discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white. |
| n. (process) | 3. emission | the release of electrons from parent atoms. |
| ~ photoemission | an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface). |
| ~ field emission | the emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field. |
| ~ photoelectric emission | the release or absorption of quanta above a certain energy level. |
| ~ radioactivity, radiation | the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay. |
| ~ release | a process that liberates or discharges something.; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland" |
| ~ secondary emission | the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons. |
| ~ thermal emission, thermionic emission | the emission of electrons from very hot substances. |
| n. (process) | 4. discharge, emission, expelling | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.; "the discharge of pus" |
| ~ bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity | an organic process that takes place in the body.; "respiratory activity" |
| ~ ejaculation | the discharge of semen in males. |
| ~ excreting, excretion, voiding, elimination, evacuation | the bodily process of discharging waste matter. |
| ~ catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period, flow | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females" |
| n. (event) | 5. emission | the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe). |
| ~ flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| exhale | | |
| v. (body) | 1. breathe out, exhale, expire | expel air.; "Exhale when you lift the weight" |
| ~ breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire | draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" |
| ~ snort | make a snorting sound by exhaling hard.; "The critic snorted contemptuously" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| v. (body) | 2. emanate, exhale, give forth | give out (breath or an odor).; "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" |
| ~ emit, pass off, breathe | expel (gases or odors). |
| give out | | |
| v. (weather) | 1. emit, give off, give out | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" |
| ~ effuse | give out or emit (also metaphorically).; "The room effuses happiness" |
| ~ shine, reflect | be bright by reflecting or casting light.; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" |
| ~ spark, sparkle | emit or produce sparks.; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" |
| ~ radiate | send out rays or waves.; "The sun radiates heat" |
| ~ scintillate | give off.; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" |
| ~ fume, smoke | emit a cloud of fine particles.; "The chimney was fuming" |
| ~ reek | give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc..; "Marshes reeking in the sun" |
| ~ shoot | emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully.; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth" |
| ~ ray | emit as rays.; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" |
| ~ steam | emit steam.; "The rain forest was literally steaming" |
| v. (possession) | 2. distribute, give out, hand out, pass out | give to several people.; "The teacher handed out the exams" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ divvy up, portion out, apportion, share, deal | give out as one's portion or share. |
| v. (change) | 3. fail, give out, run out | prove insufficient.; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" |
| v. (change) | 4. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ go down, crash | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
| ~ misfire | fail to fire or detonate.; "The guns misfired" |
| ~ malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly.; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" |
| spew | | |
| v. (body) | 1. ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spue | expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" |
| ~ cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth. |
| v. (body) | 2. eruct, spew, spew out | eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical.; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" |
| ~ eject, expel, exhaust, release, discharge | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| v. (body) | 3. barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
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