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Catch One's Breath

Definition: Catch One's Breath

Catch One's Breath

Verb

1. Take a short breath.

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


Synonyms: Catch One's Breath

Synonyms: breathe (v), rest (v), take a breather (v). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Catch One's Breath

Language Translations for "catch one's breath"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

chytit dech. (various references)

   

German

  

Atem holen (draw a breath, take a breath, to catch one's breath). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

息'殺す (to catch one's breath, to hold one's breath). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いき'"ろす (to catch one's breath, to hold one's breath). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atchcay one'say eathbray

   

Romanian

  

a-şi curma rãsuflarea (hold one's breath), a-şi ţine rãsuflarea (draw one's last breath, hold one's breath). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

contener la respiración (hold one's breath). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

затаїти подих. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Catch One's Breath

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-a-b-c-c-e-e-h-h-n-o-r-s-t-t"

-5 letters: hearthstone, technocrats.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Catch One's Breath


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 74 63 68      4F 6E 65 27 73      42 72 65 61 74 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 00100000 01001111 01101110 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01000010 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#116 &#99 &#104 &#32 &#79 &#110 &#101 &#39 &#115 &#32 &#66 &#114 &#101 &#97 &#116 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0074 0063 0068      004F 006E 0065 0027 0073      0042 0072 0065 0061 0074 0068

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

376786697424980719852368471678674

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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