exude
verb /ɪɡˈzjuːd/
/ɪɡˈzuːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exude | /ɪɡˈzjuːd/ /ɪɡˈzuːd/ |
| he / she / it exudes | /ɪɡˈzjuːdz/ /ɪɡˈzuːdz/ |
| past simple exuded | /ɪɡˈzjuːdɪd/ /ɪɡˈzuːdɪd/ |
| past participle exuded | /ɪɡˈzjuːdɪd/ /ɪɡˈzuːdɪd/ |
| -ing form exuding | /ɪɡˈzjuːdɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈzuːdɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] exude (something) | exude (from somebody) if you exude a particular feeling or quality, or it exudes from you, people can easily see that you have it
- She exuded confidence.
- [transitive, intransitive] if something exudes a liquid or smell, or a liquid or smell exudes from somewhere, the liquid, etc. comes out slowly
- exude something The plant exudes a sticky fluid.
- exude (from something) An awful smell exuded from the creature's body.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin exsudare, from ex- ‘out’ + sudare ‘to sweat’.