Definition of breath

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

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Breathable :: Breathable (a.) Such as can be breathed.
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself..
Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
Anhelous :: Anhelous (a.) Short of breath; panting.
Breather :: Breather (n.) One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.
Breath :: Breath (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
Embreathement :: Embreathement (n.) The act of breathing in; inspiration.
Pant :: Pant (v. i.) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp..
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..
Outbreathe :: Outbreathe (v. t.) To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust.
Laryngotracheotomy :: Laryngotracheotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing..
Fish :: Fish (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces..
Afflatus :: Afflatus (n.) A breath or blast of wind.
Short-breathed :: Short-breathed (a.) Having short life.
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..
Spire :: Spire (v. i.) To breathe.
Blast :: Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath..
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..
Komtok :: Komtok (n.) An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit..
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