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exude

See also: exudé

English

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Etymology

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Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzjuːd/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzud/, /ɪkˈsud/
  • Rhymes: -uːd

Verb

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exude (third-person singular simple present exudes, present participle exuding, simple past and past participle exuded)

  1. (transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
    • 1870, William Henry Wilkins, The Romance of Isabel:
      There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours
  2. (intransitive) To flow out through the pores.
    • 2013, Vladimir G. Plekhanov, Applications of the Isotopic Effect in Solids, page 258:
      The molten glass exudes into the space outside the outer crucible, and a filament is pulled from the exudant to form a cored glass fiber.
  3. (transitive) To give off or radiate a certain quality or emotion, often strongly.
    Wearing that suit, Jasper just exudes class.

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Verb

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exude

  1. inflection of exudar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Verb

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exude

  1. inflection of exudar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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