emit

Verb

Meaning

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.

To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

give off produce issue release broadcast discharge transmit breathe vent expel utter radiate eject emanate exhale
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Antonyms

absorb gob cork bellow sill blotter
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Hypernyms

release discharge exhaust expel eject

Hyponyms

ray crow baa bray coo moo

Related terms

emission emitter

Phrases with the word

emit a pleasant odor emit smoke emit semen emit gas emit rays emit light

Derivatives

emitted emitting

Anagrams

item mite time METI

Examples

But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen. Anthony Trollope

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy. Fiona Shaw

Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people's perception of the gospel. Alan Hirsch

Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends. Banana Yoshimoto

Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again. Charles Stross

Even if fed milk, a snake will still emit poison. Hindi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

emissivity factor emissivity value emissory emit a pleasant odor emit fumes emit gas