What does Breathe mean?
Definitions for Breathe
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Breathe.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
breatheverb
be alive
"Every creature that breathes"
breatheverb
impart as if by breathing
"He breathed new life into the old house"
breatheverb
allow the passage of air through
"Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
breatheverb
utter or tell
"not breathe a word"
breatheverb
manifest or evince
"She breathes the Christian spirit"
rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breatherverb
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
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"
emit, breathe, pass offverb
expel (gases or odors)
Wiktionary
breatheverb
To repeatedly draw air into, and expel it from, the lungs in order to extract oxygen from it and excrete waste products.
breatheverb
To exchange gases with the environment.
Garments made of ****** and similar new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.
breatheverb
To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.
breatheverb
Figuratively, to be relaxed or calm.
...the wind breathes through the trees...
breatheverb
Figuratively, to live.
I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.
breatheverb
To repeatedly draw (something) into, and expel (that thing) from, the lungs.
Try not to breathe too much smoke.
breatheverb
To whisper quietly.
He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all.
Etymology: From brethen, from breth. More at breath.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Breatheverb
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.
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.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.
Thy greyhounds are as swift as breathed stags. William Shakespeare.
The artful youth proceed to form the quire;
They breathe the flute, or strike the vocal wire. Matthew Prior.His altar breathes
Ambrosial odours, and ambrosial flow’rs. John Milton, Par. Lost.I have tow’rd heaven breath’d a secret vow,
To live in prayer and contemplation. William Shakespeare, Mer. of Ven.The ready cure to cool the raging pain,
Is underneath the foot to breathe a vein. John Dryden, Virgil.To Breatheverb
Etymology: from breath.
Safe return’d, the race of glory past,
New to his friends embrace, had breath’d his last. Alexander Pope.Let him breathe, between the heav’ns and earth,
A private man in Athens. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.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.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.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Breatheverb
to respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live
Breatheverb
to take breath; to rest from action
Breatheverb
to pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently
Breatheverb
to inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire
Breatheverb
to inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into
Breatheverb
to emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow
Breatheverb
to exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes
Breatheverb
to express; to manifest; to give forth
Breatheverb
to act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing
Breatheverb
to promote free respiration in; to exercise
Breatheverb
to suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse
Breatheverb
to put out of breath; to exhaust
Breatheverb
to utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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 Contribution
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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British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Breathe' in Verbs Frequency: #514
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Anagrams for Breathe »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Breathe in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Breathe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Breathe in a Sentence
Every time my mom would feel like she couldn't breathe, Harvard Medical School was always there, he said' I want to see, I want to see what's going on, Mama.' You know, he loves them, and that's when he started to understand more about Covid.
3M recommends purchasing our products only from a 3M authorized distributor. they look, they feel, they fit and they breathe like a 3M mask.
I do n’t need to tell Tony Fauci it is very unhealthy for a student to breathe through this mask.
What this has done is shift my focus into more of like a mind, body, spiritual kind of grounding that needs to happen, i think this has convinced me to give Maria Menounos more time, mentally, to breathe.
In fact with average hourly earnings on the rise and payrolls increasing more than expected, chances are the report will breathe new life into the dollar.
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- asemhaal, asemAfrikaans
- تنفس, نفسArabic
- nəfəs almaqAzerbaijani
- дыхацьBelarusian
- отдъхвам, вдишвам, вдъхвам, промълвям, живея, дишам, съществувамBulgarian
- শ্বাস ফেলাBengali
- དབུགས་རྒྱགTibetan Standard
- respirar, alenarCatalan, Valencian
- dýchatCzech
- anadluWelsh
- ånde, trække vejret, træk vejretDanish
- atmen, einatmen, hauchenGerman
- αναπνέωGreek
- spiriEsperanto
- respirarSpanish
- hingamaEstonian
- نفس کشیدنPersian
- hengittää, kuiskata, olla hengissä, hengähtää, henkäillä, henkiä, hengittää sisäänFinnish
- andaFaroese
- respirer, inspirer, expirerFrench
- sykheljeWestern Frisian
- análaigh, riospráidIrish
- respirarGalician
- נשםHebrew
- सांस लेनाHindi
- lélegzikHungarian
- շնչել, շարվելArmenian
- bernafasIndonesian
- respirarIdo
- andaIcelandic
- respirareItalian
- לנשוםHebrew
- 一息つく, ささやく, 呼吸, 息をする, 吸い込む, 吐く, 生きる, 呼吸するJapanese
- სუნთქვაGeorgian
- дем алуKazakh
- ដកដង្ហើមKhmer
- ಉಸಿರಾಡುKannada
- 呼吸, 하다, 호흡하다, 숨쉬다, 숨을 쉬다Korean
- дем алууKyrgyz
- spiro, respiroLatin
- ootmenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຫາຍໃຈLao
- kvėpuotiLithuanian
- elpotLatvian
- ngā, whakangāMāori
- дишеMacedonian
- амьсгалахMongolian
- hirup, bernafasMalay
- ရှူBurmese
- trekke pusten, puste utNorwegian
- inademen, ademen, ademhalenDutch
- puste, åndeNorwegian
- respirarOccitan
- odetchnąć, oddychać swobodnie, szeptać, oddychać, wdychaćPolish
- respirarPortuguese
- samay, mutkhiyQuechua
- respirarRomansh
- respiraRomanian
- дышать, отдыхать, жить, шептать, вдыхать, перевести дух, существоватьRussian
- vuoiŋŋaditNorthern Sami
- дисати, dihati, disati, дихатиSerbo-Croatian
- හුස්ම ගන්නවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- šepkať, oddýchnuť, dýchať, vdýchnuťSlovak
- dahniti, dihati, vdihnitiSlovene
- marr frymëAlbanian
- andas, andas inSwedish
- ఊపిరి పీల్చుకుంటారుTelugu
- нафас кашиданTajik
- หายใจThai
- dem almakTurkmen
- nefes almak, solumakTurkish
- дихатиUkrainian
- سانس لینا, سانس لینےUrdu
- nafas olmoqUzbek
- 呼吸, hô hấp, thởVietnamese
- natemönVolapük
- respirerWalloon
- אָטעמעןYiddish
- 呼吸Chinese
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