What does mouth-breathe mean?
Mouth-breathe means To breathe through the mouth..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To breathe through the mouth..
This problem may be increased if the individual mouth-breathes, which causes the secretions to dry and become thicker.
During the 10 minutes the test subjects were mouth-breathing to encourage deeper penetration of nitrous acid in the respiratory system so as to induce a mild cooling which would increase their responsiveness to irritants.
His advisors mouth-breathed at the side of His Obesity, who trembled with delight.
Use mouth-breathe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mouth-breathe means To breathe through the mouth..
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This problem may be increased if the individual mouth-breathes, which causes the secretions to dry and become thicker.
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