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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shine, as a light |
| Synonyms: | burn, emit, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, radiate, yield |
| Antonyms: | be dark |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make electronic transfer |
| Synonyms: | emit, radiate, send out, transfer file, transmit, transmit signal |
Example Sentences
- Brain cells emit electronic signals in a rhythmic, up-and-down pattern.
- Both substances emit beta particles and gamma rays.
- Discovering which countries emit which greenhouse gases is tricky .
| Main Entry: | belch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burp; spew |
| Synonyms: | discharge, disgorge, emit, eruct, eructate, erupt, give off, gush, hiccup, irrupt, repeat, ventilate, vomit |
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | read out for the record |
| Synonyms: | compose, deliver, draft correspondence, emit, formulate, give account, give forth, interview, orate, prepare draft, say, speak, talk, transmit, utter, verbalize |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour forth |
| Synonyms: | break out, disembogue, dispense, ejaculate, emit, empty, erupt, excrete, exude, give off, gush, leak, ooze, release, send forth, spew, void, vomit |
| Antonyms: | dam |
| Main Entry: | eject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or be thrown out |
| Synonyms: | banish, bounce*, bump, cast out, debar, disbar, discharge, disgorge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, ditch, do away with, drive off, dump*, eighty-six, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eradicate, eruct, erupt, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, extrude, fire, force out, get rid of, give the boot, heave out, irrupt, kick out, kiss goodbye, oust, reject, rout, sack, send packing, show the gate to, spew, spit out, spout, squeeze out, throw overboard, turn out, unloose, vomit |
| Antonyms: | take in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emanate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come forth; give off |
| Synonyms: | arise, birth, derive, discharge, egress, emerge, emit, exhale, exit, exude, flow, initiate, issue, originate, proceed, radiate, rise, send forth, spring, stem |
| Antonyms: | take, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | erupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give forth, eject with force |
| Synonyms: | appear, belch, blow up, boil, break out, burst, cast out, detonate, discharge, emit, eruct, explode, extravasate, flare up, go off, gush, hurl, jet, pour forth, rupture, spew, spit, spout, spurt, throw off, touch off, vent, vomit |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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