Breathe

Definitions: Breathe

Breathe

Verb

1. Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean".

2. Be alive; "Every creature that breathes".

3. Impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house".

4. Allow the passge of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear".

5. Utter or tell; "not breathe a word".

6. Manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit".

7. Take a short breath.

8. Expel, as of gases and odors.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "breathe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Breathe

Disclosure

Divulge, reveal, break; squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell; (inform); breathe, utter, blab, peach; let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag; betray; tell tales, come out of school; come out with; give vent, give utterance to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out; (make manifest); make public; unriddle; (find out) a; split.

Ejection

Verb: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravasate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire; (exude); breathe, blow; (wind).

Evidence

Verb: be evidence; Noun: evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate; (denote); imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe.

Existence

Verb: exist, be; have being; Noun: subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur; (event); have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.

Imagination

Verb: mean, signify, express; import, purport; convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense; tell of, speak of; touch on; point to, allude to; drive at; involve; (latency); declare; (affirm).

Information

Hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink; (indicate); suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear.

Life

Verb: be alive. Adjective: live, breathe, respire; subsist. (exist); walk the earth "strut and fret one's hour upon the stage"; be spared.

Speech

Verb: speak of; say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to; utter forth, pour forth; breathe, let fall, come out with; rap out, blurt out have on one's lips; have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue.

Voice

Verb: utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry; (shout); ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear.

Wind

Respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough.

Crosswords: Breathe

It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to. (Donnie Darko; writing credit: Richard Kelly)

Just breathe. (Ever After; writing credit: Susannah Grant, Andy Tennant and Rick Parks.)

Given our close proximity, I breathe through my mouth. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

Bad, sport, real bad! The karma in here is so thick, you need an aqualung to breathe! (Phantom of the Paradise; writing credit: Brian De Palma)

And when can I breathe once again (When Can I See You; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface)

Just breathe (Breathe; performing artist: Faith Hill)

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe (The Air That I Breathe; performing artist: Hollies)

I can only breathe your name (Breathe Your Name; performing artist: Sixpence None The Richer)

That, that I shall never breathe again (Breathe Again; performing artist: Toni Braxton)

The only thing you have to do is breathe. Everything else is just optional. (references; author: unknown)

Our Wonderful Body: How We Breathe (1968)

Asthma: Fighting to Breathe (2003)

Air That I Breathe (performing artist: Hollies)

Breathe Again (performing artist: Toni Braxton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Breathe Group Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Herbs to Help You Breathe Freely: Herbal Remedies for Asthma, Allergies, Sinusitis and Other Respiratory Problems (Good Herb Guides) (reference)

• Breathe Well, Be Well: A Program to Relieve Stress, Anxiety, Asthma, Hypertension, Migraine, and Other Disorders for Better Health (reference)

• Phantom of the Night: Overcome Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Win Your Hidden Struggle to Breathe, Sleep, and Live (reference)

• Breathe Easy: An Asthmatic's Guide to Clear Air (reference)

• As I Live and Breathe (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Breathe (reference)

• Helping People Breathe Easier (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Breathe Safely (reference)

• Vol. 30-To Breathe Or Not to B (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Breathe (reference)

• Don't Forget to Breathe (reference)

• Room to Breathe (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Hoover U5253-900 Breathe Easy Upright Vacuum Cleaner (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Plate 31. Pelagic attitudes of the fur-seal. 1. Position while sleeping. 2. Position when rising to breathe, survey, &c. 3. Position when scratching. 4. "Dolphin jumps.". Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Humpback whales are mammals that must surface to breathe. Megaptera novaeangliae. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

STAN, short for "standard man," is able to talk, breathe, blink its eyes, and mimic a large number of other human actions. By displaying any number of "casualty symptoms," STAN will provide valuable training for Air Force nurses as par.

Let The World Breathe... : Use Chemicals With Care To Keep Air Fresh And Water Pure. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The bomoh tells his patients to breathe deeply and then puts them into a trance. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Dauth..

The Air We Breathe. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Child breathes through the mouth -- where do they expect him to breathe through? his ear?. Credit: Library of Congress.

If you breathe a word of this you're no child of mine. Credit: Library of Congress.

The masked "Operation Breathe Free" motorcade prior to departure from South Beach, S.I. / World Journal Tribune photograph by Matthew Black. Credit: Library of Congress.

Breathe in love : don't smoke cigarettes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She stopped to breathe.

Breathe not the secret, above all, to the man thou wottest of.

The cuirassiers had not even time to breathe.

It is a good odour to breathe.

His better doth not breathe upon the earth.

Tom lay down again and covered himself, covered his bruised cheek with the blanket and made a little tunnel to breathe through.

Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Within 5 seconds, begin to breathe in slowly. (references)

Breathe deeply and slowly when you feel nauseated. (references)

During a normal day, we breathe nearly 25,000 times. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To breathe

Expressions using "breathe": breathe a sigh ♦ breathe a sigh of relief ♦ breathe again ♦ breathe air into ♦ breathe freely ♦ breathe heavily ♦ breathe in ♦ breathe into ♦ breathe new life into ♦ breathe on ♦ breathe one's last ♦ breathe one's last breath ♦ breathe out ♦ breathe revenge ♦ breathe short ♦ breathe upon ♦ room to breathe ♦ To breathe a vein ♦ To breathe again ♦ To breathe one's last ♦ Touch And Breathe. Additional references.

Ending with "breathe": pay-as-you-breathe.

Afrikaan

asem. (various references)

Albanian

marr frymë (inbreathe, inhale, inspire, respire). (various references)

Arabic 

‏همس (buzz, hiss, murmur, speak, susurration, whisper, whispering), ‏هب (blow, blow up, supposing), ‏نفث (emit, erupt, expectoration, expel, utter), ‏نشر عبيره, ‏حيي (bashful, exist, live, live well, modest, shack), ‏تنفس (aspiration, breath, breathing, inhale, respiration, respire, sniff), ‏زفر (exhale, expel, expire), ‏إستراح (ensconce oneself, hit the hay, lighten, recuperate, refresh, repose, rest, set at rest, stand at ease, subside), ‏إسترد أنفاسه. (various references)

Aymara

samaqeña (to breathe). (various references)

Blackfoot

siitami (to breathe). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвземам се (get over, improve, perk, recover, respire), шепна (buzz, murmur, whisper), живея (be, bide, burrow, dig, dwell, home, house, indwell, inhabit, live, range, reside, room, seat, subsist, walk), лъхам, дишам (respire). (various references)

Chinese 

呼吸 . (various references)

Cornish

whetha (to breathe). (various references)

Czech

dýchat (respire). (various references)

Danish

ånde (breath). (various references)

Dutch

ademhalen, ademen (exhale). (various references)

Esperanto

spiri. (various references)

Faeroese

anda. (various references)

Farsi 

نفس کشیدن (Respire), استنشاق کردن (Aspire, Inhale, Inspire), دم زدن (Respire). (various references)

Finnish

hengittää (respire). (various references)

French

respirer. (various references)

Frisian

sykhelje. (various references)

German

atmen (breathing, respiration, respire, to breathe, to respire). (various references)

Greek 

αναπνέω (respire). (various references)

Hawaiian

marr frymë. (various references)

Hebrew 

לפוח (blow), ל�"פיח (blow, inspire, spread), ל� שוב (blow), ל� שום (inhale, respire). (various references)

Hungarian

suttogva mond (to breathe), lélegzik (respire, to breathe, to breathe hard, to respire, to take breath). (various references)

Indonesian

bernafas (sigh), meniup (toot), menghirup (inhale, lap), mengatakan (assert, term). (various references)

Italian

respirare (respire), fiatare (respire, speak). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

吸う (to breathe in, to smoke, to suck). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すう (figure, grass cutting, hay, number, to breathe in, to smoke, to suck), ふき�"む (to blow into, to breathe into, to indoctrinate, to inspire, to lay down a recording, to polish, to wipe thoroughly), つく (comes on, to accompany, to adhere, to adjoin, to arrive at, to attach to, to attack, to be added to, to be attached, to be connected with, to be dyed, to be recorded, to be scarred, to be stained, to become allied to, to breathe, to catch fire, to disgorge, to follow, to haunt, to increase, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to possess, to reach, to settle in, to start, to strike, to study, to study with, to take, to tell, to thrust, to vomit), いきづく (to breathe, to gasp, to sigh), いき�'する (to breathe), いき�'はく (to breathe out, to exhale), あえぐ (breathe hard, to gasp), はく (be worn off, chief official, come off, command esteem, commanding esteem, count, counter for nights of a stay, discolor, doctor, earl, eldest brother, exhibition, exposition, fade, fair, gain, gaining, oak, peel off, Ph.D., receive, receiving, to breathe, to brush, to disgorge, to gather up, to put on, to sweep, to tell, to vomit, to wear, uncle, win acclaim, winning acclaim). (various references)

Korean 

호흡하십시�". (various references)

Malay

bernafas. (various references)

Manx

tayrn ennal (breathing, respiration, respire), sheidey (blast, blast of wind, blow, blow of whale, blowing, breeze, bugle, distention, dynamite, fill out, fire away, gust, honk, puff, sound, spell of wind, spout, toot, toot on horn, waft, wafting), ennalaghey (aspirate, aspiration, breathing apparatus). (various references)

Papago

ihbheni (to breathe). (various references)

Papiamen

hala rosea. (various references)

Pig Latin

eathebray

Portuguese

respirar (respire, to breathe). (various references)

Romanian

rãsufla (blow, draw a breath), aspira (aspirate, aspire, endeavor, endeavour, exhaust, inspire, sniff, suck), şopti (gurgle, murmur, round, whisper), cânta din, da rãgaz (respite), exista (be, exist, live, obtain, occur, prevail, run), exprima (advance, conceive, connote, convey, couch, declare, express, formulate, have, indicate, look, phrase, put, represent, show, signify, sound, speak, state, utter, voice), adia (blow, puff, wave, whiff), murmura (babble, Bicker, brawl, chatter, croak, growl, grumble, gurgle, kick, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, Pearl, prattle, purl, ripple, round, rustle, sough, warble, whisper), vorbi încet (speak in a low voice), respira (draw one's breath, inhale, respire, take breath), rosti (deliver, enunciate, lip, pass, pronounce, put up, say, sound, speak, spout, utter, voice), sufla (blow, blow one's nose, gasp, prompt, puff, whiff, whisper), sufla în (blow, blow up, puff, puff out), trãi (abide, be, dwell, endure, exist, experience, keep, live, move, run, subsist, suffer), trage aer în piept, vorbi în şoaptã (converse in murmur, speak below one's breath, speak under one's breath), inspira cuiva un sentiment. (various references)

Russian 

дышать (draw breath, respire). (various references)

Scottish

séid (blow, breathe upon or into, inflate, pant, puff). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzdahnuti (heave a sigh, sigh), udisati (inhale), disati (respire), živeti (be alive, inhabit, live, subsist). (various references)

Shona

-fema (to breathe). (various references)

Spanish

respirar (breathe again, draw, exhale, respire, wheeze). (various references)

Sranan

bro (blow, breath). (various references)

Swedish

andas (breath, breathes, breathing, respire). (various references)

Turkish

solumak (blow, draw in, inhale, pant, respire). (various references)

Turkmen 

dem almak. (various references)

Ukranian 

існувати (be, breathe one's last, exist, live, obtain, prevail, subsist), стомити (jade), вдихати (breathe in, imbibe, inhale, respire), зітхати (heave, pine for, sigh, sithe, suspire), пахнути (smell), дати передихнути, дихати (afflate, respire). (various references)

Welsh

chwythu (blast, blow, hiss), anadlu. (various references)

Yucatec

ch'a'ik iik'. (various references)

afflatus, flabit, flante, flantem, flare, flaret, flatu, flatum, flatus, flaverunt, flavit, flent, flere, fles, flet, fletis, floriens, spirabit, spirans, spirant, spirantem, spirantes, spirare, spirarent, spiraret, spirat. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "breathe": breathed, breather, breathers, breathes. (additional references)

Words ending with "breathe": inbreathe. (additional references)

Words containing "breathe": inbreathed, inbreathes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Breathe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baratha, Beithe, beraht, Berinthia, braashee, breache, Breagh, breate, breathen, bredth, breeeath, breeth, Breteche, briate, broath, reathe. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aether, bather, beater, berate, bertha, breath, heater, hereat, rebate, reheat.

-2 letters: arete, bathe, beret, berth, earth, eater, ether, hater, heart, rathe, rehab, taber, thebe, there, three.

-3 letters: abet, baht, bare, bate, bath, bear, beat, beer, beet, beta, beth, brae, brat, bree, eath, haet, hare, hart, hate, hear, heat, hebe, herb, here, rate, rath.

+1 letter: breathed, breather, breathes.

+2 letters: blathered, blatherer, breathers, breathier, heartbeat, hereabout, heritable, hibernate, inbreathe.

+3 letters: bighearted, blatherers, breathable, breathiest, breathless, broadsheet, featherbed, hartebeest, heartbeats, heartbreak, hereabouts, hibernated, hibernates, inbreathed, inbreathes, tetherball, thereabout, threadbare, timberhead, whereabout, whitebeard.

+4 letters: antechamber, bathysphere, bleacherite, breadthwise, breathiness, broadsheets, erythorbate, establisher, featherbeds, halterbreak, halterbroke, hartebeests, harvestable, heartbreaks, heartbroken, houseboater, inheritable, leatherback, reestablish, reinhabited, stretchable, tetherballs, thereabouts, timberheads, torchbearer, whereabouts, whitebeards.

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