EMIT (emitted, emitting)

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Irregular inflected forms: emitted    , emitting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does emit mean? 

• EMIT (verb)
  The verb EMIT has 3 senses:

1. expel (gases or odors)

2. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

3. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

  Familiarity information: EMIT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they emit    ... he / she / it emits   
Past simple: emitted   
Past participle: emitted   
-ing form: emitting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expel (gases or odors)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

breathe; emit; pass off

Hypernyms (to "emit" is one way to...):

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emit"):

force out (emit or cause to move with force of effort)

emanate; exhale; give forth (give out (breath or an odor))

radiate (send out real or metaphoric rays)

bubble (form, produce, or emit bubbles)

belch; bubble; burp; eruct (expel gas from the stomach)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

emission (the act of emitting; causing to flow forth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

emit; give off; give out

Context example:

The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emit"):

steam (emit steam)

ray (emit as rays)

shoot (emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully)

reek (give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.)

fume; smoke (emit a cloud of fine particles)

scintillate (give off)

radiate (send out rays or waves)

spark; sparkle (emit or produce sparks)

reflect; shine (be bright by reflecting or casting light)

effuse (give out or emit (also metaphorically))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

absorb (suck or take up or in)

Derivation:

emission (the act of emitting; causing to flow forth)

emitter (the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

emit; let loose; let out; utter

Context example:

He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emit"):

sibilate (utter a sibilant)

groan; moan (indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure)

hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz (make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval)

cronk; honk (cry like a goose)

hoot (utter the characteristic sound of owls)

quack (utter quacking noises)

meow; mew (cry like a cat)

chirr (make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas)

churr; whirr (make a vibrant sound, as of some birds)

cheep; chirp; chirrup; peep (make high-pitched sounds)

bellow; roar (make a loud noise, as of animal)

baa; blat; blate; bleat (cry plaintively)

bark (make barking sounds)

growl; grumble; rumble (to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds)

howl; wrawl; yammer; yowl (cry loudly, as of animals)

bray; hee-haw (braying characteristic of donkeys)

oink; squeal (utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs)

clack; click; cluck (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)

low; moo (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines)

cackle (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)

gobble (make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys)

neigh; nicker; whicker; whinny (make a characteristic sound, of a horse)

gargle (utter with gargling or burbling sounds)

caw (utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens)

mew (utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls)

haw (utter 'haw')

hem (utter 'hem' or 'ahem')

croak; cronk (utter a hoarse sound, like a raven)

sing (to make melodious sounds)

smack (press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating)

give (emit or utter)

snort (indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose)

call (utter in a loud voice or announce)

gibber (chatter inarticulately; of monkeys)

crow (express pleasure verbally)

crow (utter shrill sounds)

trumpet (utter in trumpet-like sounds)

coo (cry softly, as of pigeons)

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

miaou; miaow (make a cat-like sound)

tsk; tut; tut-tut (utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval)

echo; repeat (to say again or imitate)

call (utter a characteristic note or cry)

shoot (utter fast and forcefully)

gurgle (utter with a gurgling sound)

cry (utter a characteristic sound)

nasale (speak in a nasal voice)

sigh (utter with a sigh)

spit; spit out (utter with anger or contempt)

wolf-whistle (whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males)

grunt (issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise)

hoot (to utter a loud clamorous shout)

deliver (utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.))

splutter; sputter (utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage)

chorus (utter in unison)

break into (express or utter spontaneously)

volley (utter rapidly)

pant (utter while panting, as if out of breath)

lift (make audible)

troat (emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time)

bite out (utter)

heave (utter a sound, as with obvious effort)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

It is the luminous intensity in a given direction of a small monochromatic light source at 540 terahertz emitting 1/683 watt per steradian in that direction.

(Candela, NCI Thesaurus)

The new research, published in the journal PNAS, suggests that climate change may cause the levels of greenhouse gases emitted by freshwater northern lakes to increase by between 1.5 and 2.7 times.

(Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater ecosystems, University of Cambridge)

Vinyl fluoride is extremely flammable and emits highly toxic hydrogen fluoride gas when burned.

(Monofluoroethene, NCI Thesaurus)

A technique used to locate radioactively labeled molecules, or fragments of molecules, by recording on a photographic or sensor plate the radiation emitted by radioactive material within a molecule.

(Autoradiography, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless, sand-like powder that emits toxic fumes of phosgene gas, hydrochloric acid and other chlorinated compounds when heated to decomposition. b-Hexachlorocyclohexane is the beta-isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane and is used as an insecticide.

(b-Hexachlorocyclohexane, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance is irritating to eyes and mucous membranes and emits toxic vapors of hydrochloric acid and other chlorinated compounds when heated to decomposition.

(Bis(chloromethyl) Ether, NCI Thesaurus)

They also used rhodamine B as a model for volatile organic pollutants, as its molecular structure closely resembles those of pollutants emitted by vehicles, industry and agriculture.

(Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution, University of Cambridge)

Upon labeling with the beta-emitting radioisotope rhenium Re 188 (PTI-188), this MoAb may target multiple melanoma (MM) cells, thereby delivering a cytotoxic dose of radiation specifically to the targeted tumor cells.

(Anti-Melanin Monoclonal Antibody PTI-6D2, NCI Thesaurus)

The black hole’s extreme gravity skews light emitted by different regions of the disk, producing the misshapen appearance.

(NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World, NASA)

The sun emitted two significant solar flares on the morning of Sept. 6, 2017.

(Two Significant Solar Flares Imaged by NASA's SDO, NASA)