exude

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɪɡˈzjuːd/ (UK)
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/ɪɡˈzjuːd/ (UK) · /ɪɡˈzud/ (US) · /ɪkˈsud/ (US)

Definition of exude

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
    “There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
    “There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours”
  2. (intransitive)To flow out through the pores.
    “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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Etymology

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

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