EGAVE

egressive

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Going or directed outward.
  2. adjective Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
  3. adjective descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.
    This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.
  4. noun A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

Similar words

pulmonic degressive downward backward sideways edgeways proverse gradatory outbowed onward

Often followed by

air airstream pulmonic and airflow or lung stops

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