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Definitions for: Emit
[v] expel, as of gases and odors
[v] express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
[v] give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"
Webster (1913) Definition: E*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Emitting.] [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to
send. See Mission.]
1. 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.
Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal
arrows. --Prior.
2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send
into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. --Const.
of the U. S.
Synonyms: breathe, give off, give out, let loose, let out, pass off, utter
Antonyms: absorb, take in
See Also: baa, bark, belch, bellow, bite out, blat, blate, bleat, bray, break into, bubble, burp, cackle, call, caw, cheep, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chorus, churr, clack, click, cluck, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cry, deliver, discharge, echo, effuse, eject, emanate, eruct, exhale, expel, force out, fume, gargle, gibber, give, give forth, gobble, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, gurgel, haw, heave, hee-haw, hem, hiss, holler, hollo, honk, hoot, howl, lift, low, meow, mew, miaou, miaow, moan, moo, nasale, neigh, nicker, oink, pant, quack, radiate, radiate, ray, reek, reflect, release, repeat, roar, rumble, scintillate, scream, shine, shoot, shout, shout out, sibilate, sigh, sing, siss, sizz, smoke, snort, sough, spark, sparkle, spit, spit out, splutter, sputter, squall, squeal, steam, troat, trumpet, twirp, volley, whicker, whinny, whirr, wolf-whistle, wrawl, yammer, yell, yowl
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