exude

UK/ɪɡˈzjuːd/US/ɪɡˈzud/

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Other forms: exudes, exuded, exuding

To exude is to give off a quality or a liquid steadily. Exude confidence, exude charm, a wound exuding fluid.

The figurative sense is the commoner and always concerns qualities somebody has rather than shows. The Latin means to sweat out, which is a fair description of the literal sense and unkind about the other.

Definitions of exude

1verbexudeTo give off a quality or a liquid steadily.C2
“The pine trees exuded a sticky resin that stuck to our fingers.”

exude is a giving off.

Remember it

The Latin is to sweat out. Whatever it is, the thing exudes it the way skin sweats: slowly, and without trying.

hooks ontosweat skin

Where it comes from

Latin exsudare means to sweat out, from ex plus sudare, to sweat.

Proto-Indo-European
*sweyd-
Latin
exudāre
English, today
exude

Built from

exsudāre · Latin — to sweat out
ex- · Latin — out, out of
sudāre · Latin — to sweat

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

exude in the wild

An exudate is a fluid released by an organism through pores or a wound, a process known as exuding or exudation.
Exudate
The flowers exude a strong fragrance and are of pale green color and blossom between July and August.
Abobra
Displaying gray-green stems and leaves while dormant, its orange flowers with purple buds bloom from mid-summer until fall; if crushed the petals exude a pleasant scent.
Agastache rupestris
The edible fruits are top-shaped, covered in shiny, reddish-brown imbricate scales, and exude an astringent red resin known medicinally and commercially as "dragon's blood".
Calamus rotang
The Huichol people of western Mexico exude an enduring spirit and passion to hold on to their traditions.
Huichol Route to Huiricuta

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