Word Definition

Breathe

  1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
  2. To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
  3. To express; to manifest; to give forth.
  4. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
  5. To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
  6. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
  7. To put out of breath; to exhaust.
  8. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
  9. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
  10. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
  11. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
  12. To take breath; to rest from action.
  13. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.

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