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exude verb [ ɪɡˈzjuːd ]

• (with reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily.
• "the beetle exudes a caustic liquid"
Similar: give off/out, discharge, release, send out, send forth, emit, issue, emanate, ooze, weep, leak, leach, secrete, excrete, extravasate, seep, trickle, filter, percolate, escape, flow, well, drip, dribble, drain, bleed, sweat, filtrate, transude, exudate,
Opposite: absorb, take up,
• (of a person) display (an emotion or quality) strongly and openly.
• "Sir Thomas exuded goodwill"
Similar: emanate, radiate, ooze, give out, give forth, send out, issue, emit, display, show, exhibit, manifest, demonstrate, transmit, breathe, embody, be a/the picture of,
Origin: late 16th century: from Latin exsudare, from ex- ‘out’ + sudare ‘to sweat’.


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