Definition of breath

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Breath (n.) The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc..

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Opisthopulmonate :: Opisthopulmonate (a.) Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of certain air-breathing Mollusca.
Throttle :: Throttle (v. i.) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated..
Jew''s-harp :: "Jew's-harp (n.) An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump..
Suspire :: Suspiration (n.) The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh..
Spire :: Spire (v. i.) To breathe.
Breath :: Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant..
Expiring :: Expiring (a.) Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
Gasp :: Gasp (v. i.) To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently..
Respire :: Respire (v. t.) To breathe out; to exhale.
Efflation :: Efflation (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind..
Anhelation :: Anhelation (n.) Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma.
Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Dead; as, a breathless body..
Inbreathe :: Inbreathe (v. t.) To infuse by breathing; to inspire.
Voice :: Voice (n.) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper..
Nostril :: Nostril (n.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares..
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing..
Fricative :: Fricative (a.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc..
Afflation :: Afflation (n.) A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Air in gentle motion.
Limax :: Limax (n.) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug..
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