exude

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UK/ɪɡˈzjuːd/UK/ɛɡ-/UK/ɪkˈsjuːd/UK/ɛk-/

verb

To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

“Wearing that suit, Jasper just exudes class.”

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exudatetransudeooze outooze
OriginLatin exudāre ← Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- →
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Meanings

verbexude (third-person singular simple present exudes, present participle exuding, simple past and past participle exuded)

present singular third person exudes · participle present exuding · participle past exuded · past exuded

  1. transitiveTo discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

    There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours

    1870, William Henry Wilkins, The Romance of Isabel
  2. intransitiveTo flow out through the pores.

    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
  3. transitiveTo give off or radiate a certain quality or emotion, often strongly.

    Wearing that suit, Jasper just exudes class.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbrelease (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

Similar
exudatetransudeooze outooze
Broader
excreteegesteliminate
Also see
exudateoozetransude

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweyd-
  2. Latinexudāre
  3. Englishexude

Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

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Translations

Bulgarian отделям се, изпотявам се
  • отделям се (otdeljam se)to discharge through pores
  • изпотявам се (izpotjavam se)to discharge through pores
Catalan traspuar, exsudar
  • traspuarto discharge through pores
  • exsudarto discharge through pores
Chinese Mandarin 滲出 /渗出
  • 滲出 /渗出 (shènchū)to discharge through pores
Dutch afscheiden, uitstralen
  • afscheidento discharge through pores
  • uitstralento discharge through pores
  • uitzwetento discharge through pores
Finnish erittää, pursuta
  • erittääto discharge through pores
  • pursutato discharge through pores
  • pursuato discharge through pores
  • kihotato discharge through pores
  • valuato discharge through pores
  • tursuato discharge through pores
  • tihkuttaato discharge through pores
French exsuder
  • exsuderto discharge through pores
Greek εξιδρώνω
  • εξιδρώνω (exidróno)to discharge through pores
Italian trasudare
  • trasudareto discharge through pores
Māori tahe
  • taheto discharge through pores
Portuguese exsudar
  • exsudarto discharge through pores
Russian выделя́ть, выделя́ться
  • выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ)to discharge through pores
  • выделя́ться (vydeljátʹsja)to discharge through pores
Spanish exudar
  • exudarto discharge through pores

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with exude

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Anagrams

DExEU
Cite this entry
APA

exude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exude

MLA

“exude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exude. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exude.

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