Definitions for Breathe
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breathe, take a breath, respire, suspireverb

   draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

   "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

2. breatheverb

   be alive

   "Every creature that breathes"

3. breatheverb

   impart as if by breathing

   "He breathed new life into the old house"

4. breatheverb

   allow the passage of air through

   "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

5. breatheverb

   utter or tell

   "not breathe a word"

6. breatheverb

   manifest or evince

   "She breathes the Christian spirit"

7. rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breatherverb

   take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

8. breatheverb

   reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked

   "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"

9. emit, breathe, pass offverb

   expel (gases or odors)

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. breatheverb

   To repeatedly draw air into, and expel it from, the lungs in order to extract oxygen from it and excrete waste products.

2. breatheverb

   To exchange gases with the environment.

   Garments made of ****** and similar new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.

3. breatheverb

   To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.

4. breatheverb

   Figuratively, to be relaxed or calm.

   ...the wind breathes through the trees...

5. breatheverb

   Figuratively, to live.

   I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.

6. breatheverb

   To repeatedly draw (something) into, and expel (that thing) from, the lungs.

   Try not to breathe too much smoke.

7. breatheverb

   To whisper quietly.

   He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all.

8. Etymology: From brethen, from breth. More at breath.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Breatheverb

   1. To inspire, or inhale into one’s own body, and eject or expire out of it.

   They wish to live,
   Their pains and poverty desire to bear,
   To view the light of heav’n, and breathe the vital air. Dryd.

   They here began to breathe a most delicious kind of æther, and saw all the fields about them covered with a kind of purple light. Tatler, №. 81.

   2. To inject by breathing.

   He breathed into us and the breath of life, a vital active spirit; whose motions, he expects, should own the dignity of its original. Decay of Piety.

   I would be young, be handsome, be belov’d,
   Could I but breathe myself into Adrastus. Dryden.

   3. To expire; to eject by breathing.

   She is called, by ancient authours, the tenth muse; and, by Plutarch, is compared to Caius, the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame. Spectator, №. 223.

   4. To exercise; to keep in breath.

   Thy greyhounds are as swift as breathed stags. William Shakespeare.

   5. To inspire; to move or actuate by breath.

   The artful youth proceed to form the quire;
   They breathe the flute, or strike the vocal wire. Matthew Prior.

   6. To exhale; to send out as breath.

   His altar breathes
   Ambrosial odours, and ambrosial flow’rs. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   7. To utter privately.

   I have tow’rd heaven breath’d a secret vow,
   To live in prayer and contemplation. William Shakespeare, Mer. of Ven.

   8. To give air or vent to.

   The ready cure to cool the raging pain,
   Is underneath the foot to breathe a vein. John Dryden, Virgil.

2. To Breatheverb

   Etymology: from breath.

   1. To draw in and throw out the air by the lungs.

   Safe return’d, the race of glory past,
   New to his friends embrace, had breath’d his last. Alexander Pope.

   2. To live.

   Let him breathe, between the heav’ns and earth,
   A private man in Athens. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

   3. To take breath; to rest.

   He presently followed the victory so hot upon the Scots, that he suffered them not to breathe, or gather themselves together again. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   Three times they breath’d, and three times did they drink,
   Upon agreement. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

   When France had breath’d, after intestine broils,
   And peace and conquest crown’d her foreign toils. Wentworth Dillon.

   4. To pass by breathing.

   Shall I not then be stifled in the vault,
   To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,
   And there be strangl’d ere my Romeo comes? William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breathe

   Breathe is the title of the debut single by the French dance music group Télépopmusik. It features guest vocals by singer Angela McCluskey and appears on the group's 2001 album Genetic World. Released as a single in 2002, "Breathe" reached #42 on the UK Singles Chart in March of that year. The single was released late in the year in the US, and it reached its peak chart positions on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart (#9) and the Hot 100 chart (#78) in February 2003.

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1. breathe

   To breathe means to inhale and exhale air, typically using the lungs, as a way to sustain life and enable the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breatheverb

   to respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live

2. Breatheverb

   to take breath; to rest from action

3. Breatheverb

   to pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently

4. Breatheverb

   to inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire

5. Breatheverb

   to inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into

6. Breatheverb

   to emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow

7. Breatheverb

   to exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes

8. Breatheverb

   to express; to manifest; to give forth

9. Breatheverb

   to act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing

10. Breatheverb

    to promote free respiration in; to exercise

11. Breatheverb

    to suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse

12. Breatheverb

    to put out of breath; to exhaust

13. Breatheverb

    to utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants

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1. Breathe

   "Breathe" is a song by English electronic duo The Prodigy. It was released in November 1996 as the second single from the album The Fat of the Land. The song became the group's second consecutive number-one on both the Official UK and Finnish Singles Chart. An edited version of the song is featured as the opening track on MuchMusic's Diamond-Certified compilation album, Big Shiny Tunes 2. The song also featured in a 2012 television commercial for Tooheys Extra Dry. The Prodigy performed "Breathe" at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, and won the Viewer's Choice Award.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breathe

   brēth, v.i. to draw in and expel breath or air from the lungs: to take breath, to rest or pause: to live.—v.t. 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 whisper: to express: to keep in breath, to exercise: to tire by some brisk exercise.—ns. Breath′er, one who breathes or lives: a spell of exercise; Breath′ing, the act of breathing: aspiration, secret prayer: respite.—adj. life-like.—ns. Breath′ing-time, time to breathe or rest; Breath′ing-while, time sufficient for drawing breath: any very short period.—To breathe again, to be relieved from an anxiety; To breathe freely, to be at ease; To breathe upon, to tarnish or soil. [See Breath.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breathe

   To inhale and exhale air to the lungs.

   We breathe constantly every day it's part of life.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 23, 2019  

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1. breathe

   Song lyrics by breathe -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by breathe on the Lyrics.com website.

2. Breathe

   Breath vs. Breathe -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Breath and Breathe.

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Breathe' in Verbs Frequency: #514

Anagrams for Breathe »

1. beareth

2. herb tea

3. rebathe

How to pronounce Breathe?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Breathe in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Breathe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Breathe in a Sentence

1. Alex Kuprienko:

   Obviously, this is a miracle that he was able to breathe for that long.

2. Hosea Williams:

   It touched me when it happened in real time, because I could see George Floyd begging to live. Begging to live. Let me breathe. They had a knee on George Floyd neck and the other two( officers) just standing there, can you imagine if that had been a Black policeman on a White man's neck ? You can bet the nation would have been turned upside down.

3. Tanisha Harris:

   It’s really hard, it’s hard for me to breathe, it’s hard on my shoulders, it’s hard on everything. But I’ve got to do it— that’s what I want.

4. Swedish Proverb:

   Fear less, hope moreWhine less, breathe moreTalk less, say moreHate less, love moreAnd all good things are yours.

5. Nick Johnson:

   It was going on for over two hours, it just got worse and worse, everyone's like, you just can't breathe, you just feel like there's a weighted blanket on you.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Breathe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Breathe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Breathe
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathe
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Breathe
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Breathe
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Breathe