Verb: emit (emitted,emitting) i'mit
- Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapour, etc.
"The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits";
- give out, give off
- Expel (gases or odours)
"The factory emitted noxious fumes";
- breathe
- Express audibly; make sounds (not necessarily words)
"He emitted strange sounds that nobody could understand";
- utter, let out, let loose
Derived forms: emitting, emits, emitted
Type of: discharge, distribute, eject, evince [formal], exhaust, expel, express, release, show, spread
Antonym: absorb
Encyclopedia: Emit, North Carolina