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| let out |
to emit (a sound or something that makes a sound). [1/3 definitions] |
| luminesce |
to emit light at a fairly cold temperature; be or become luminescent. |
| peep2 |
to emit a weak, shrill, short cry. [1/4 definitions] |
| ping |
to emit a short, sharp, high-pitched sound, as of metal striking metal. [1/2 definitions] |
| pour |
to produce or emit continuously or copiously as if in a torrent or flood. [1/6 definitions] |
| puff |
to emit in short, strong gusts or blasts. [1/16 definitions] |
| pulsar |
any of various astronomical objects, probably rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit short, repeating pulses of radio waves. |
| put out |
to emit or expend. [1/11 definitions] |
| quasar |
any of numerous astronomical objects that emit powerful radio waves and have red shifts associated with great distance from earth; quasi-stellar radio source. |
| radiate |
to emit. [1/8 definitions] |
| reek |
to emit or be permeated by a strong, disagreeable odor (often fol. by "of"). [1/3 definitions] |
| reemit |
combined form of emit. |
| rumble |
to make or emit a low, heavy, continuous sound, as of distant thunder. [2/8 definitions] |
| send |
to emit or discharge (heat, odor, light, or the like) (usu. fol. by" forth," "off," or "out"). [1/7 definitions] |
| send out |
to cause to emit (substances or waves of light or heat) into or through the air. [2/7 definitions] |
| Seyfert galaxy |
any of numerous spiral galaxies that have a small bright nucleus and emit light and radio waves of variable intensity. |
| shoot |
to emit (rays of light or the like). [1/19 definitions] |
| shriek |
to utter or emit a shriek. [2/4 definitions] |
| sound1 |
to cause to emit or send forth sound. [1/11 definitions] |
| sparkly |
highly reflective of light and appearing to emit flashes similar to sparks. |
| spit1 |
to eject or emit as though by spitting. [1/7 definitions] |
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