Definitions for Breathing
ˈbri ðɪŋbreath·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilationadjective

   the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

2. breathing, eupneic, eupnoeicadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.8 / 4 votes

1. breathingnoun

   The act of respiration; a single instance of this.

2. breathingnoun

   A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.

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

1. Breathingnoun

   Etymology: from breathe.

   1. Aspiration; secret prayer.

   While to high heav’n his pious breathings turn’d,
   Weeping he hop’d, and sacrificing mourn’d. Matthew Prior.

   2. Breathing place; vent.

   The warmth distends the chinks, and makes
   New breathings, whence new nourishment she takes. Dryd.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breathing

   Breathing (or ventilation) is the process of moving air into and from the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen. All aerobic creatures need oxygen for cellular respiration, which extracts energy from the reaction of oxygen with molecules derived from food and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. Breathing, or "external respiration", brings air into the lungs where gas exchange takes place in the alveoli through diffusion. The body's circulatory system transports these gases to and from the cells, where "cellular respiration" takes place.The breathing of all vertebrates with lungs consists of repetitive cycles of inhalation and exhalation through a highly branched system of tubes or airways which lead from the nose to the alveoli. The number of respiratory cycles per minute is the breathing or respiratory rate, and is one of the four primary vital signs of life. Under normal conditions the breathing depth and rate is automatically, and unconsciously, controlled by several homeostatic mechanisms which keep the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the arterial blood constant. Keeping the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood unchanged under a wide variety of physiological circumstances, contributes significantly to tight control of the pH of the extracellular fluids (ECF). Over-breathing (hyperventilation) and under-breathing (hypoventilation), which decrease and increase the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide respectively, cause a rise in the pH of ECF in the first case, and a lowering of the pH in the second. Both cause distressing symptoms. Breathing has other important functions. It provides a mechanism for speech, laughter and similar expressions of the emotions. It is also used for reflexes such as yawning, coughing and sneezing. Animals that cannot thermoregulate by perspiration, because they lack sufficient sweat glands, may lose heat by evaporation through panting.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breathing

   Breathing is the act or process of taking in oxygen from the surrounding environment and releasing carbon dioxide as a byproduct, typically carried out by inhaling and exhaling through the nose and mouth. It is an essential biological function for most living organisms to sustain life and provide oxygen to the body's cells for energy production.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Breathing

   of Breathe

2. Breathingnoun

   respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air

3. Breathingnoun

   air in gentle motion

4. Breathingnoun

   any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit

5. Breathingnoun

   aspiration; secret prayer

6. Breathingnoun

   exercising; promotion of respiration

7. Breathingnoun

   utterance; communication or publicity by words

8. Breathingnoun

   breathing place; vent

9. Breathingnoun

   stop; pause; delay

10. Breathingnoun

    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

11. Breathingnoun

    a mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breathing

   Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs or oxygen through other breathing organs such as gills. Aerobic organisms of these types—such as birds, mammals, and reptiles—require oxygen to release energy via respiration, in the form of the metabolism of energy-rich molecules such as glucose. Breathing is only one process that delivers oxygen to where it is needed in the body and removes carbon dioxide. Another important process involves the movement of blood by the circulatory system. Gas exchange occurs in the pulmonary alveoli by passive diffusion of gases between the alveolar gas and the blood in lung capillaries. Once these dissolved gases are in the blood, the heart powers their flow around the body. The medical term for normal relaxed breathing is eupnea. In addition to removing carbon dioxide, breathing results in loss of water from the body. Exhaled air has a relative humidity of 100% because of water diffusing across the moist surface of breathing passages and alveoli.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breathingverb

   Verb form of the word breathe.

   Breathing is a natural part of the body of an animal and human being.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

How to pronounce Breathing?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Breathing in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Breathing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Breathing in a Sentence

1. Bryan Holcombe:

   Sutherland Springs’s just not a problem to us, we know exactly where the family is, and Sutherland Springs’s not going to be long until we ’ll both be there, he said. And we’re really sort of looking forward to Sutherland Springs. Crystal Holcombes were upbeat and full of good humor during a telephone interview, and they are not an exception in this deeply evangelical part of Texas. What is so striking about relatives and friends of the 26 victims of the church shooting in Sutherland Springs is that they all believe good will come from this act of evil and that their loved ones are now safe for eternity, and breathing again, with God. Psychologists say such deep faith can help families deal with such a ghastly event. Even so, they warn that leaning too heavily on one’s religious beliefs can stunt the natural grieving period and result in post-traumatic stress later.

2. Mary Oliver:

   Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?

3. Erich Fromm:

   Who will tell whether one happy moment of love, or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies

4. Clare Jones:

   They obviously had to remove them to put something in to help with my breathing during the operation.

5. Antonio Banderas:

   It was more difficult than if we had shot it in the studio ... It would have been different, the extreme conditions we were working in, how cold the mine was, how dry, the methane gas that we were breathing the whole entire time, it made you feel like you had the flu, the entire crew was sick for a while. But, it brings a lot of realism, it just makes you understand the lives of these people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Breathing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Breathing
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Breathing
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathing
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Breathing
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Breathing