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Breathing - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Breathing : adj : passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs
normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was
disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living
breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on
the telephone" [syn: eupneic, eupnoeic] [ant: breathless]
(noun)
1: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process
of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon
dioxide by exhalation [syn: external respiration, respiration,
ventilation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Breathing : \Breath"ing\, n.
1. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
Subject to a difficulty of breathing. --Melmoth.
2. Air in gentle motion.
3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the
breathings of the Spirit.
4. Aspiration; secret prayer. ``Earnest desires and
breathings after that blessed state.'' --Tillotson.
5. Exercising; promotion of respiration.
Here is a lady that wants breathing too; And I have
heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making
ladies trip. --Shak.
6. Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. --Shak.
7. Breathing place; vent. --Dryden.
8. Stop; pause; delay.
You shake the head at so long a breathing. --Shak.
9. 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Breathe \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Breathed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Breathing.] [Based on Breath.]
1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. ``I
am in health, I breathe.'' --Shak.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead? --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To take breath; to rest from action.
Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak.
3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to
emanate; to blow gently.
The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak.
There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.
--Byron.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Breathing : Breathing: The process of respiration, during which air is inhaled into the lungs through the mouth or nose due to muscle contraction, and then exhaled due to muscle relaxation.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Breathing |
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