Definition of breath

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Breath (n.) Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.

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Blast :: Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle..
Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..
Air Bladder :: Air bladder () An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus..
Breathe :: Breathe (v. t.) To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
Spiroylic :: Spiroscope (n.) A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.
Windless :: Windless (a.) Wanting wind; out of breath.
Outbreathe :: Outbreathe (v. i.) To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale..
Hydrobranchiata :: Hydrobranchiata (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the Pulmonifera..
Sob :: Sob (v. i.) To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath..
Sniff :: Sniff (v. t.) To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
Afflatus :: Afflatus (n.) A breath or blast of wind.
Cetacea :: Cetacea (n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:.
Croup :: Croup (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria..
Whoop :: Whoop (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing..
Breather :: Breather (n.) That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise..
Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Dead; as, a breathless body..
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