- Expire (breathe out)
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Expire (breathe out)
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breathe out — Expire, force out of the lungs … New dictionary of synonyms
breathe out — verb expel air Exhale when you lift the weight • Syn: ↑exhale, ↑expire • Ant: ↑inhale (for: ↑exhale) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Expire — Ex*pire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expired}; p. pr & vb. n. {Expiring}.] [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See {Spirit}.] 1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
expire — c.1400, to die, from M.Fr. expirer (12c.) expire, elapse, from L. expirare/exspirare breathe out, breathe one s last, die, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + spirare to breathe (see SPIRIT (Cf. spirit)) … Etymology dictionary
expire — [ek spīr′, ikspīr′] vt. expired, expiring [ME expiren < L exspirare < ex , out + spirare, to breathe: see SPIRIT] 1. to breathe out (air from the lungs) 2. Obs. to give off (an odor, etc.) vi. 1. to breathe out air 2 … English World dictionary
expire — [v1] come to an end bite the dust*, buy it*, cash in chips*, cease, close, conclude, croak*, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, finish, go, kick the bucket*, lapse, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out*,… … New thesaurus
Expire — Ex*pire , v. i. 1. To emit the breath. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony. [1913 Webster] 3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
expire — ► VERB 1) (of a document or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity. 2) (of a period of time) come to an end. 3) (of a person) die. 4) technical exhale (air) from the lungs. DERIVATIVES expiration noun expiratory adjective … English terms dictionary
breathe — Synonyms and related words: He, affect, air, alert, approve, argue, articulate, aspirate, attest, bark, bawl, be, be alive, be animate, be aromatic, be construed as, be extant, be found, be in existence, be met with, be present, be redolent of,… … Moby Thesaurus
expire — Synonyms and related words: advance, be all over, be annihilated, be destroyed, be done for, be lost, be no more, be wiped out, become extinct, become void, blow, blow over, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, cease, cease to be,… … Moby Thesaurus
expire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exhale, breathe out, emit; die, perish; end, cease, terminate, stop. See death, wind. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To end] Syn. terminate, lapse, come to an end, run out; see stop 2 . 2. [To die] Syn. pass… … English dictionary for students
