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Sob :: Sob (n.) The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow..

Respire :: Respire (v. i.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood..

Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..

Breath :: Breath (n.) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.

Fnese :: Fnese (v. i.) To breathe heavily; to snort.

Spire :: Spiration (n.) The act of breathing.

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..

Expire :: Expire (v. i.) To emit the breath.

Breathing :: Breathing (n.) 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..

Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child..

Aspiration :: Aspiration (n.) The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.

Breathing :: Breathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breath.

Inspired :: Inspired (a.) Breathed in; inhaled.

Broken-winded :: Broken-winded (a.) Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse..

Breath :: Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant..

Blowgun :: Blowgun (n.) A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan..

Embreathement :: Embreathement (n.) The act of breathing in; inspiration.

Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound..

Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention..

Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Aspiration; secret prayer.

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