All 4 Uses
emit
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Flora & Ulysses
(Edited)
- Something had happened to the bell ... so that instead of emitting a pleasant ding or bong, the doorbell now sent an angry, window-shattering, you-guessed-the-wrong-answer-on-a-game-show kind of buzz through the Buckman house.
p. 46.2 *emitting = sending out
- There was a blank screen instead of paper, and the whole contraption glowed, emitting a warm but not entirely friendly smell.
p. 62.2
- Ulysses emitted a happy sigh.
p. 94.7emitted = sent out
- The hallway of the Blixen Arms emitted the same green gloomy light no matter the time of day or night.
p. 217.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(emit) to produce and send out -- such as sound or light
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)