exude
/ɪɡˈzjuːd
/ /ɛɡˈzjuːd/verb
1(With reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily: [with object]: the beetle exudes a caustic liquid [no object]: slime exudes from the fungus...
- In a 3-meter-by - 3-meter pond, there was a blackish-greenish liquid exuding a foul smell.
- Above them is a large incense container that has been slowly swinging on a chain and exudes a pungent smell that lingers for the duration.
- Under these conditions three of the transformants grew slowly and were observed to guttate, i.e. to exude droplets of liquid at the leaf margins.
Synonyms
give off/out, discharge, release, send out, send forth, emit, issue, emanate;
ooze, weep, leak, leach, secrete, excrete;
Medicine extravasate
ooze, seep, trickle, issue, filter, percolate, escape, discharge, flow, well, drip, dribble, leak, leach, drain, bleed, sweat;
Medicine extravasate
rare filtrate, transude, exudate
2 [with object] (Of a person) display (an emotion or quality) strongly and openly: Sir Thomas exuded goodwill...
- The male singer and guitar player exude emotion.
- Niamh has a voice of undisputed international quality and she also exudes charismatic quality, which guarantees a vibrant live performance.
- It might have been different with any other player but he just exudes confidence.
Synonyms
emanate, radiate, ooze, give out, give forth, send out, issue, emit;
display, show, exhibit, manifest, demonstrate, transmit, breathe, embody, be a/the picture of
2.1(Of a place) have a strong atmosphere of: the building exudes an air of tranquillity...
- With its cool black and beige colours, the place exudes a relaxing atmosphere.
- Meditative and soft, his blurred landscapes exude a sense of atmosphere.
- It's hard to describe, but the place just exudes corporate creepiness.
Derivatives
exudation
/ /ɛɡzjuːˈdeɪʃ(ə)n / noun ...- They are curious why the body and its exudations are denied to them as a map, why if men write about the body they are extolled, why when women write sex they are accused of being obscene.
- The clinical manifestations of hypertensive encephalopathy are due to increased cerebral perfusion from the loss of blood-brain barrier integrity, resulting in exudation of fluid into the brain.
- They may be recruited by injury to the epithelium and their elastases are potent mucin secretagogues that can facilitate plasma exudation.
exudative
/ /ɛɡˈzjuːdətɪv / adjective ...- In the exudative form, fluid can accumulate underneath the retina, as pigment epithelial detachments or subretinal neovascularization, and loss of vision is usually sudden.
- We previously reported multilevel likelihood ratios with the use of multiple cutoff points for pleural criteria that identify exudative pleural effusions from the registry in 2000 when it contained 1,448 patients.
- The progression of the wound normally follows 1 of 2 pathways: exudative filmy eschar to epithelial buds from skin appendages to re-epithelization, or filmy eschar followed by granulation.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin exsudare, from ex- 'out' + sudare 'to sweat'.
The word exude ‘discharge’ is from Latin exsudare, from ex- ‘out’ and sudare ‘to sweat’.