Word Definition

Breathing

  1. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.
  2. Stop; pause; delay.
  3. Exercising; promotion of respiration.
  4. A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.
  5. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
  6. Breathing place; vent.
  7. Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
  8. Aspiration; secret prayer.
  9. of Breathe
  10. Air in gentle motion.
  11. Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.

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