Definitions for breathing
ˈbri ðɪŋbreath·ing

Princeton's WordNet(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation(adj)

   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, eupnoeic(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"

Wiktionary(1.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breathing(Noun)

   The act of respiration; a single instance of this.

2. breathing(Noun)

   A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Breathing

   of Breathe

2. Breathing(noun)

   respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air

3. Breathing(noun)

   air in gentle motion

4. Breathing(noun)

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

5. Breathing(noun)

   aspiration; secret prayer

6. Breathing(noun)

   exercising; promotion of respiration

7. Breathing(noun)

   utterance; communication or publicity by words

8. Breathing(noun)

   breathing place; vent

9. Breathing(noun)

   stop; pause; delay

10. Breathing(noun)

    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. Breathing(noun)

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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breathing

   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

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say breathing in sign language?

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. Henry Spiller:

   In adults, the respiratory depression, the part that slows the breathing and you stop breathing, is limited, and so there's a lot less respiratory depression in adults, that's why it was felt to be safer. Unfortunately, in very young children under 5, preschoolers, toddlers, infants... that protection isn't there, and they do get this respiratory depression. It does affect their breathing.

2. Ahmed Abdel Rahim:

   I was in my house, i had difficulty breathing, but I feel better now. But I did throw up after getting to the hospital. I don't know if my family is dead or alive. I don't know anything.

3. American Lyles:

   I had to have my tonsils removed at six years old and there wasn't really a day in my early childhood where I don't remember going to the hospital, being on a breathing machine or being in the middle of the night and having to go to hospital because my chest was so restricted, being hooked up to a breathing machine...my mama staying with me the whole night. It wasn't the finest of times.

4. Elizabeth Richardson:

   Gyms are a higher risk place because of the fact generally people are taking off their masks, breathing at a higher rate and more deeply, and especially in classes where theres coaching going on, that tends to be a louder tone to speak over music.

5. Christine Chen:

   I like to use a couple yoga breathing techniques to either wake myself up or cool myself off from the hot flashes.

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