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Definition: Take A Breath |
Take A BreathVerb1. Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Take A BreathSynonyms: breathe (v), respire (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Take A Breath |
| English words defined with "take a breath": breathe ♦ catch one's breath ♦ rest ♦ take a breather, To breathe again. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "take a breath": Durandarte. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you wanna be profound, if you really gotta justify, take a breath and look around, a lot of folks deserve to die! (Little Shop of Horrors; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith; Howard Ashman) Could barely take a breath without coughing up a pint of blood. (Ravenous; writing credit: Ted Griffin) | |
Lyrics | Take a breath and hold on tight ("Breathing"; performing artist: Lifehouse) I want to take a breath that's true ("Fade Into You"; performing artist: Mazzy Star) I'll take a breath ("Wishing I Was There"; performing artist: Natalie Imbruglia) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | One of the most common arrhythmias is sinus arrhythmia, the change in heart rate that can occur normally when we take a breath. (references) | |
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Expression using "take a breath": take a breath of fresh air. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "take a breath"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | подишам (take a breath of fresh air). (various references) | |
German | atem schöpfen (draw a breath), atem holen (draw a breath, to catch one's breath). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 息'つく (to take a breath, to take a short rest). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いき'つく (to take a breath, to take a short rest). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aketay aay eathbray.(various references) | |
Romanian | lãsa sã se odihneascã (wind). (various references) | |
Russian | вдохнуть (imbue, inbreathe, inspirit), перевести дыхание. (various references) | |
Turkish | soluk almak (draw breath, inhale, inspire, respire), nefes almak (breath, breathe, draw a breath, draw breath, draw in, inhale, respire, suspire). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-e-e-h-k-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: heartbeat. | |
-3 letters: barathea, trabeate. | |
-4 letters: abetter, beretta, breathe, hektare, hetaera, tabaret, theater, theatre, thereat. | |
-5 letters: abater, aerate, aether, bather, batter, beaker, beater, berake, berate, bertha, betake, better, bhakta, breath, hatter, heater, hereat, karate, rebate, reheat, retake, takahe, tether, threat. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6B 65 41 42 72 65 61 74 68 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01000001 00100000 01000010 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a k e   A   B r e a t h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006B 0065 0041 0042 0072 0065 0061 0074 0068 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)546777712352368471678674 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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