emit

emit

transitive verb \ē-ˈmit\

emit·tedemit·ting

Definition of EMIT

1

a : to throw or give off or out (as light or heat)

b : to send out : eject

2

a : to issue with authority; especially : to put (as money) into circulation

b obsolete : publish

3

: to give utterance or voice to <emitted a groan>

— emit·ter noun

Examples of EMIT

1. The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.
2. chimneys emitting thick, black smoke
3. The brakes emitted a loud squeal.

Origin of EMIT

Latin emittere to send out, from e- + mittere to send

First Known Use: 1598

Related to EMIT

Synonyms

cast, discharge, emanate, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), shoot, throw out, vent

Related Words

eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete; eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt

Near Antonyms

absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up

Rhymes with EMIT

a bit, acquit, admit, armpit, backfit, base hit, befit, bowsprit, bushtit, catch it, cesspit, close-knit, cockpit, commit, cool it, culprit, cut it, demit, dimwit, dog it, do it, firelit, fleapit, gaslit, get it, gill slit, godwit, hack it, half-wit, hard-hit, henbit, house-sit, legit, lit crit, make it, mess kit, misfit, mishit, moonlit, mosh pit, nitwit, no-hit, obit, omit, outfit, outwit, owe it, peewit, permit, pinch-hit, Prakrit, press kit, pulpit, refit, remit, rough it, sandpit, Sanskrit, scratch hit, snakebit, snake pit, starlit, stock split, submit, sunlit, switch-hit, tar pit, tidbit, tight-knit, tomtit, to wit, transmit, turnspit, twilit, two-bit, unfit, unknit, warp knit, watch it, weft knit, well-knit