Brucker Bears 4-5: exude

Thursday, October 25, 2012

exude

(v) - Something that exudes flows out slowly and steadily, like a steady leak. This could literally be liquid, or it could be more of a figurative connotation. For example, if you exude a particular quality, it is easy to see that you have a lot of it, because it practically oozes out of you.

Synonyms: bleed, leak, ooze, radiate, sweat, trickle out, seep
Antonyms: hide, conceal, trap
Etymology: 1570s Latin, from ex- meaning "out" + sudare meaning "to sweat"
Example: Dylan N. is a happy-go-lucky guy who exudes confidence.

2 comments:

Talented StudentFebruary 6, 2013 at 11:17 AM
Dylan.N says,
In PE the boys always EXUDE sweat and when you go swimming water EXUDES from you after you go swimming.
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AnonymousMarch 13, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Jacob says when you forget to wash off your blood before you put the band-aid on the blood will exude out of your band-aid.(I've tried it hurts).
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