Definition of breath

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

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Efflation :: Efflation (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind..
Mill :: Mill (v. i.) To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.
Visor :: Visor (n.) A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it..
Tracheary :: Tracheary (a.) Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae.
Snore :: Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep..
Apnoea :: Apnoea (n.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Long-winded :: Long-winded (a.) Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker..
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..
Whisper :: Whisper (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe..
Effume :: Effume (v. t.) To breathe or puff out.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..
Giggle :: Giggle (n.) A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh..
Anhelous :: Anhelous (a.) Short of breath; panting.
Breathe :: Breathe (v. i.) To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four..
Pulmonarian :: Pulmonarian (n.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively..
Incensebreathing :: Incensebreathing (a.) Breathing or exhaling incense.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
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