Emit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To give or send out (matter or energy): isotopes that emit radioactive particles; a stove emitting heat.
  • v. To give out as sound; utter: "She emitted her small strange laugh” ( Edith Wharton).
  • v. To voice; express: emit an opinion.
  • v. To issue with authority, especially to put (currency) into circulation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To send out or give off.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge
  • v. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To send forth; throw or give out; vent: as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun and stars emit light.
  • To let fly; discharge; dart or shoot.
  • To issue, as an order or a decree; issue for circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
  • v. expel (gases or odors)
  • v. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
  • Verb Form
    emits    emitted    emitting   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    emitted    emitting   
    Hyponym
    chirrup    cronk    bite out    whirr    blate    troat    deliver    siss    bark    squall   
    Form
    emitted    emitting    emission   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eject    discharge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brit    Grit    Kit    Pitt    Pritt    Schlitt    Schmidt    Split    Whit    Witt