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82 words match “BREATHE”

BREATHE v. 13 definitions

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.

BREATHER n. 2 definitions

One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

EMBREATHEMENT n.

The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.] The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. W. Lee.

To infuse by breathing; to inspire. Coleridge.

LONG-BREATHED a.

Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long- winded.

OUTBREATHE v. 3 definitions

To breathe forth. "Outbreathed life." Spenser.

To breathe again.

SHORT-BREATHED a. 2 definitions

Having short-breath, or quick respiration.

UNBREATHED a. 2 definitions

To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] Marston.

WATER BREATHER n.

Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.

ng new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. Milton.

To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing. Shak.

A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe.

BRANCHIOGASTROPODA n.

Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.

BREATH n. 2 definitions

The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.

Such as can be breathed.

carbon dioxide. It is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or other substances containing…

in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium.