Definition of breath

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

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Explosive :: Explosive (n.) A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.].
Gasp :: Gasp (n.) The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Out of breath; tired; exhausted.
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..
Breath :: Breath (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2..
Wind :: Wind (n.) Power of respiration; breath.
Suspiral :: Suspiral (n.) A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Aspiration; secret prayer.
Asiphonate :: Asiphonate (a.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Unbreathed :: Unbreathed (a.) Not breathed.
Breath :: Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant..
Respire :: Respire (v. i.) To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt..
Roar :: Roar (v. i.) To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2..
Breathful :: Breathful (a.) Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.
Trance :: Trance (n.) A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible..
Efflate :: Efflate (v. t.) To fill with breath; to puff up.
Sigh :: Sigh (v. t.) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
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