Exude Meaning
/ɪɡˈzjuːd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
verbTo flow out through the pores.
Sentence Examples
Some people have a calm temperament or exude courtesy.
You are afraid that Latinate languages exude sexuality, to which you are not accustomed.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old pine cabinets ____ a pleasant, woody aroma throughout the entire kitchen.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old wooden furniture seems to ____ a faint smell of pine and beeswax when it is warm.
Word Origin & History
Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours"
— 1870, William Henry Wilkins, The Romance of Isabel:
"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."
— 2013, Vladimir G. Plekhanov, Applications of the Isotopic Effect in Solids, page 258:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old pine cabinets ____ a pleasant, woody aroma throughout the entire kitchen.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old wooden furniture seems to ____ a faint smell of pine and beeswax when it is warm.