breathe

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Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BREATHECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreh₁-#BREATHE

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BREATHECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BREATHE brethen (to breathe, blow, exhale, odour), derived from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BREATHE breth (breath). Eclipsed Middle English ethien and orðiæn, from Old English ēþian and orþian (to breathe); as well as Middle English anden, onden, from Old Norse anda (to breathe). More at breath.

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breathe (third-person singular simple present breathes, present participle breathing, simple past and past participle breathed)Category:English lemmas#BREATHECategory:English verbs#BREATHECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BREATHECategory:Pages with entries#BREATHECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BREATHE

  1. Category:en:Bodily functions#BREATHE(intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREATHE) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
  2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREATHE) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
    Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREATHE) To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
    While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREATHE, figurative) To live.
    I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREATHE) To draw something into the lungs.
    Try not to breathe too much smoke.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  6. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREATHE) To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
    If you breathe on a mirror, it will fog up.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  7. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREATHE) To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
    The flowers breathed a heady perfume.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  8. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREATHE) To give an impression of, to exude.
    The decor positively breathes classical elegance.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  9. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREATHE) To whisper quietly.
    He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  10. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
    The wind breathes through the trees.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  11. (chiefly Evangelical and Charismatic ChristianityCategory:en:Christianity#BREATHE, with God as agent) To inspire (scripture).
  12. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREATHE) To exchange gases with the environment.
    Uncork the wine and leave it on the table for a few minutes to allow it to breathe.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  13. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREATHE) Of a material etc., to allow gases to pass through.
    Garments made of certain new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  14. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREATHE, now rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#BREATHE) To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.
  15. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREATHE) To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
    At higher altitudes you need to breathe your horse more often.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE
  16. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREATHE) To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.
  17. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREATHE, figurative) To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
    ―Do you like hiking? ―Are you kidding? I breathe hiking.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREATHE

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