Standard Lemma guide

exude

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪɡˈzjuːd/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɪɡˈzud/
  • US: /ɪkˈsud/
  • rhymes with -uːd
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 G Z UW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To flow out through the pores.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Wearing that suit, Jasper just exudes class.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • exude sweat through the pores

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

Narrower terms: distill, distil, reek, fume, transpire, extravasate, stream, gum, secrete, release, froth

5

verb

Meaning 5

make apparent by one's mood or behavior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She exudes great confidence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: express, show, evince

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: отделям се (otdeljam se) — to discharge through pores
  • Bulgarian: изпотявам се (izpotjavam se) — to discharge through pores
  • Catalan: traspuar — to discharge through pores
  • Catalan: exsudar — to discharge through pores
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滲出 /渗出 (shènchū) — to discharge through pores
  • Dutch: afscheiden — to discharge through pores
  • Dutch: uitstralen — to discharge through pores
  • Dutch: uitzweten — to discharge through pores
  • Finnish: erittää — to discharge through pores
  • Finnish: pursuta — to discharge through pores
  • Finnish: pursua — to discharge through pores
  • Finnish: kihota — to discharge through pores
  • Finnish: valua — to discharge through pores
  • Finnish: tursua — to discharge through pores
  • Finnish: tihkuttaa — to discharge through pores
  • French: exsuder — to discharge through pores
  • Greek: εξιδρώνω (exidróno) — to discharge through pores
  • Italian: trasudare — to discharge through pores
  • Māori: tahe — to discharge through pores
  • Portuguese: exsudar — to discharge through pores
  • Russian: выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ) — to discharge through pores
  • Russian: выделя́ться (vydeljátʹsja) — to discharge through pores
  • Spanish: exudar — to discharge through pores