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English

Verb

breathing


Noun

  1. The act of respiration; a single instance of this.


Translations


ar:breathing el:breathing fr:breathing io:breathing it:breathing hu:breathing fi:breathing ta:breathing te:breathing vi:breathing zh:breathing

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Breathe \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Breathed
(br[=e][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Breathing.] [From Breath.]
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1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I
am in health, I breathe." --Shak.
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Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land! --Sir W. Scott
[The Lay of
the Last
Minstrel].
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2. To take breath; to rest from action.
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Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak.
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3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to
emanate; to blow gently.
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The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak.
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There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.
--Byron.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Breathing \Breath"ing\, n.
1. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
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Subject to a difficulty of breathing. --Melmoth.
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2. Air in gentle motion.
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3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the
breathings of the Spirit.
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4. Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings
after that blessed state." --Tillotson.
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5. Exercising; promotion of respiration.
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Here is a lady that wants breathing too;
And I have heard, you knights of Tyre
Are excellent in making ladies trip. --Shak.
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6. Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
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I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. --Shak.
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7. Breathing place; vent. --Dryden.
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8. Stop; pause; delay.
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You shake the head at so long a breathing. --Shak.
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9. Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction
of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when
the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed
by the letter h.
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10. (Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence.
See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.
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Breathing place.
(a) A pause. "That c[ae]sura, or breathing place, in the
midst of the verse." --Sir P. Sidney.
(b) A vent.

Breathing time, pause; relaxation. --Bp. Hall.

Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a
short time. --Shak.

Rough breathing (spiritus asper) ([spasp]). See 2d
Asper, n.

Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating
the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai).
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WordNet breathing
adj : passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs
normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was
disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living
breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on
the telephone" [syn: eupneic, eupnoeic] [ant: breathless]
n : the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process
of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon
dioxide by exhalation [syn: external respiration, respiration,
ventilation]
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