DICTOMETER

BREATHING

(breathe, breathing, respirar, respiración <font class="fm">f</font>, puste, pusting)

1. Synonyms:
   • Breathing
   • External respiration
   • Respiration
   • Ventilation
   Definitions:
   • the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation
   • the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Breathe
   • Take a breath
   • Respire
   • Suspire
   Definitions:
   • draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
   Examples:
   • I can breathe better when the air is clean
   • The patient is respiring
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Breathe
   Definitions:
   • be alive
   Examples:
   • Every creature that breathes
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Breathe
   Definitions:
   • impart as if by breathing
   Examples:
   • He breathed new life into the old house
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Breathe
   Definitions:
   • allow the passage of air through
   Examples:
   • Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Breathe
   Definitions:
   • utter or tell
   Examples:
   • Not breathe a word
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Breathe
   Definitions:
   • manifest or evince
   Examples:
   • She breathes the Christian spirit
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Rest
   • Breathe
   • Catch one's breath
   • Take a breather
   Definitions:
   • take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Breathe
   Definitions:
   • reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
   Examples:
   • This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Emit
   • Breathe
   • Pass off
   Definitions:
   • expel (gases or odors)
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Breathing
   • Eupneic
   • Eupnoeic
   Definitions:
   • passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally
   • sometimes used in combination
   Examples:
   • The boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs
   • The heavy-breathing person on the telephone
   Antonyms:
   • ATHING
   • asphyxiating
   • smothering, suffocating, suffocative
   • blown, pursy, short-winded, winded