Breathe

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To inhale and exhale air using the lungs.
  • intransitive verb. To inhale air or another gas.
  • intransitive verb. To exhale air or another gas.
  • intransitive verb. To exchange gases as part of respiration or photosynthesis.
  • intransitive verb. To use air in combustion.
  • intransitive verb. To be alive; live.
  • intransitive verb. To pause to rest or regain breath.
  • intransitive verb. To move or blow gently.
  • intransitive verb. To allow air to pass through.
  • intransitive verb. To be exhaled or emanated, as a fragrance.
  • intransitive verb. To be manifested or suggested, as an idea or feeling.
  • intransitive verb. To reach fullness of flavor and aroma through exposure to air. Used chiefly of wine.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To inhale and exhale (air or a gas such as oxygen) during respiration.
  • intransitive verb. To inhale (an aroma, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To exhale or blow out.
  • intransitive verb. To take in or exchange (air or gases).
  • intransitive verb. To impart or instill.
  • intransitive verb. To utter, especially quietly.
  • intransitive verb. To make apparent or manifest; suggest.
  • intransitive verb. To allow (a person or animal) to rest or regain breath.
  • intransitive verb. To utter with a voiceless exhalation of air.
  • intransitive verb. To draw in (air) for combustion.
  • idiom. (breathe down (someone's) neck) To threaten by proximity, especially by pursuing closely.
  • idiom. (breathe down (someone's) neck) To watch or monitor closely, often annoyingly.
  • idiom. (easily/easy) /freely) To be relaxed or relieved, especially after a period of tension.
  • idiom. (breathe (one's) last) To die.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To draw air into and expel it from the lungs; respire; figuratively, to live.
  • To make a single respiration.
  • To take breath; rest from action.
  • To pass, as air; blow: as, “when winds breathe sweet,”
  • To give utterance to disparaging or calumnious remarks; make insinuations: with upon.
  • To exhale, as an odor; emanate.
  • Figuratively, of inanimate things, to be instinct; be alive.
  • To inhale and exhale in respiration: as, to breathe vitiated air.
  • To inject by breathing; infuse: with into: as, “to breathe life into a stone,”
  • To exhale; send out as breath; express; manifest.
  • To exercise; keep in breath.
  • To inspire or blow into; cause to sound by breathing.
  • To utter; speak; whisper.
  • To suffer to rest or recover breath.
  • To open and bleed (a vein).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
  • intransitive verb. To take breath; to rest from action.
  • intransitive verb. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
  • transitive verb. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
  • transitive verb. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
  • transitive verb. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper.
  • transitive verb. To exhale; to emit, as breath.
  • Word Usage
    "But the student should learn to inspire through the slightly open mouth, as to breathe through the nose in speaking, and especially in singing, is objectionable for several reasons which can be better explained later; so that the rule is to _breathe through the nose when not using the voice, and through the mouth when one does_."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    be  break  convey  exist  express  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    seethe  sheathe  teethe  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    beat  breath  cough  cry  feel  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    He  affect  air  air  alert  
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