BREATHE
\bɹˈiːð], \bɹˈiːð], \b_ɹ_ˈiː_ð]\
Definitions of BREATHE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
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manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit"
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utter or tell; "not breathe a word"
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impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"
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be alive; "Every creature that breathes"
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expel (gases or odors)
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take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
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allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
By Princeton University
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draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
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manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit"
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expel, as of gases and odors
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take a short breath
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utter or tell; "not breathe a word"
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impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"
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be alive; "Every creature that breathes"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
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To take breath; to rest from action.
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To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
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To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
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To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
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To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
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To express; to manifest; to give forth.
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To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
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To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
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To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
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To put out of breath; to exhaust.
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To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
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To exhale.
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To inject by breathing; to infuse; - with into.
By Oddity Software
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To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
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To take breath; to rest from action.
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To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
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To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
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To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
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To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
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To express; to manifest; to give forth.
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To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
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To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
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To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
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To put out of breath; to exhaust.
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To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
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To inject by breathing; to infuse; - with into.
By Noah Webster.
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To exhale.
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To inhale and exhale, as air; respire; emit; utter; manifest.
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To exercise; overtire.
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To rest, as for breath.
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To inhale and exhale air; respire; be alive.
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To pause for breath.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To draw air into the lungs and force it out again; to be alive; to rest from action; to exhale; as, perfume breathes from flowers; to blow softly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To draw in and expel breath or air from the lungs: to take breath, to rest or pause: to live.
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To draw in and expel from the lungs, as air: to infuse: to give out as breath: to utter by the breath or softly; to keep in breath, to exercise.
By Daniel Lyons
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To draw breath; to respire; to live.
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To draw into or expel from the lungs; to exhale; to give vent to; to utter softly.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To inhale, as air, into the lungs, and expel it; to infuse; to expire; to exercise or keep in breath; to inspire or blow into; to utter softly; to give vent to; to express; to manifest.
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To inspire and expire air; to live; take a breath or pause; to pass as air; to exhale.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
