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Breathe Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Breathe?
[v] draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
[v] manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit" [v] expel, as of gases and odors [v] take a short breath [v] utter or tell; "not breathe a word" [v] impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house" [v] be alive; "Every creature that breathes" [v] allow the passge of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear" Synonyms | Synonyms for Breathe: catch one's breath | emit | pass off | respire | rest | suspire | take a breath | take a breather Related Terms | Find terms related to Breathe: affect | air | alert | approve | argue | articulate | aspirate | attest | bark | bawl | be | be alive | be animate | be aromatic | be construed as | be extant | be found | be in existence | be met with | be present | be redolent of | be the case | be there | bellow | bespeak | besprinkle | betoken | blare | blat | blow | blubber | boom | brandish | bray | break | break it to | break the news | breathe hard | breathe in | breathe out | brew | bring forth | bring forward | bring into view | bring out | bring to notice | buzz | cackle | chant | chime | chirp | chorus | color | come out with | communicate | confide | confide to | connote | convey | coo | cough | crow | dangle | decoct | deliver | demonstrate | denote | develop | disclose | display | divulgate | divulge | dramatize | draw breath | draw in | drawl | dredge | dye | embody | emit | emit a smell | enact | entincture | entrust with information | enunciate | evidence | evince | evulgate | exclaim | exhale | exhaust | exhibit | exist | expel | expire | expose to view | express | fetch breath | flaunt | flavor | fling off | flourish | flute | formulate | furnish evidence | gasp | give | give confidential information | give expression | give indication of | give out | give out with | give sign | give token | give tongue | give utterance | give vent to | give voice | go to show | growl | grunt | gulp | hack | happen to be | have being | have life | have place | He | hiccup | highlight | hint at | hiss | hold | huff | illuminate | illustrate | imbrue | imbue | impart | imply | import | impregnate | incarnate | indicate | infiltrate | infuse | inhale | inspire | instill | involve | keen | knock off | lay off | leaven | let get around | let in on | let next to | let out | lie by | lilt | lip | live | live and breathe | maffle | make clear | make known | make plain | manifest | mark | materialize | mean | mention privately | move | mumble | murmur | mussitate | mutter | nose | obtain | occur | out with | pant | parade | pause | penetrate | perform | permeate | pervade | phonate | phrase | pipe | point to | pour forth | present | prevail | produce | pronounce | publish | puff | put forth | put hep | put in words | put next to | raise | recess | reek | refer to | represent | respire | reveal | roar | roll out | rumble | saturate | say | scent | scream | screech | season | set forth | show | show forth | show signs of | shriek | sibilate | sigh | signalize | signify | sing | slurp | smell | smell of | snap | snarl | sneeze | sniff | sniffle | snore | snort | snuff | snuff in | snuffle | sob | sound | speak | speak for itself | speak volumes | spell | spotlight | squall | squawk | squeal | stand | stand for | steep | stink | stop for breath | subsist | suck | suck in | suckle | suffuse | suggest | susurrate | symbolize | symptomatize | take a break | take a recess | take a rest | take aside | take five | take ten | take time out | tell | tell confidentially | temper | tend to show | throw off | thunder | tincture | tinge | tip | tip off | token | transfuse | trot out | trumpet | twang | unfold | utter | vent | ventilate | verbalize | vocalize | voice | wail | walk the earth | warble | wave | wheeze | whiff | whine | whisper | word | yap | yawp | yell | yelp | yield an odor See Also | be | belch | break | breathe in | breathe out | bubble | burp | choke | convey | discharge | eject | emanate | eruct | exhale | exist | expel | expire | express | force out | give forth | give tongue to | hiccough | hiccup | hyperventilate | impart | inhale | inspire | instill | intermit | live | pause | radiate | release | saw logs | saw wood | sigh | snore | subsist | survive | transfuse | utter | verbalise | verbalize | wheeze | yawn Breathe In Webster's Dictionary \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Breathed};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Breathing}.] [From {Breath}.]
1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. ``I
am in health, I breathe.'' --Shak.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead? --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To take breath; to rest from action.
Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak.
3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to
emanate; to blow gently.
The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak.
There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.
--Byron.
\Breathe\, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. --Dryden. 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. Able to breathe life into a stone. --Shak. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. --Gen. ii. 7. 3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. He softly breathed thy name. --Dryden. Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. --Shak. 4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. 5. To express; to manifest; to give forth. Others articles breathe the same severe spirit. --Milner. 6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. ``They breathe the flute.'' --Prior. 7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise. And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee. --Shak. 8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. A moment breathed his panting steed. --Sir W. Scott. 9. To put out of breath; to exhaust. Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. --Dickens. 10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered. --H. Sweet. Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet. {To breathe again}, to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business. {To breathe one's last}, to die; to expire. {To breathe a vein}, to open a vein; to let blood. --Dryden. |
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