emit

emit is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
3. verb. expel (gases or odors)

   Synonyms: breathe

4. verb. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

   "She let out a big heavy sigh"

   "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

   Synonyms: utter

5. verb. 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"

Synonyms

breathe, utter

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in emit:

item, mite, time

Common word forms

emits, emitted, emitter, emitting

Words from these letters

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