Associations to the word «Emit»

Wiktionary

EMIT, verb. (transitive) To send out or give off.

Dictionary definition

EMIT, verb. Expel (gases or odors).
EMIT, 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".
EMIT, verb. Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats