Definition of breath

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Breath (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life..

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Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing..
Spiracle :: Spirable (a.) Capable of being breathed; respirable.
Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
Breathe :: Breathe (v. t.) To express; to manifest; to give forth.
Blast :: Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath..
Tracheobranchia :: Tracheobranchia (n.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.
Suspire :: Suspire (v. i.) To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe..
Subtonic :: Subtonic (a.) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube..
Short-winded :: Short-winded (a.) Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons..
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..
Pant :: Pant (n.) A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
Unbreathed :: Unbreathed (a.) Not breathed.
Vesicular :: Vesicular (a.) Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs..
Incensebreathing :: Incensebreathing (a.) Breathing or exhaling incense.
Breathlessness :: Breathlessness (n.) The state of being breathless or out of breath.
Mill :: Mill (v. i.) To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.
Respire :: Respire (v. i.) To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment..
Thick Wind :: Thick wind () A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema..
Orthopny :: Orthopny (n.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing..
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