Breathe

Quick meaning: Breathe is a verb meaning (intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

Meaning

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
2. (transitive) To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
3. (intransitive, figurative) To live.
4. (transitive) To draw something into the lungs.
5. (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
6. (transitive) To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
7. (transitive) To give an impression of, to exude.

Example Sentences

I am in health, I breathe.

Try not to breathe too much smoke.

The flowers breathed a heady perfume.

Breathes there a man with soul so dead?

Word Forms

• breathes
• breathing
• breathed
• breathest
• breathedst
• breatheth

Synonyms for breathe

Depending on context, synonyms include respire, inbreathe, spire, suspire, rest, emit.

Antonyms for breathe

Common opposites include asphyxiate, choke, suffocate, unable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include respire, rest, emit, respiration, inhale, respirable.

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