breathe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: breathe	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for breathe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
breathe v draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" Synonym(s): breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire be alive; "Every creature that breathes" impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house" allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear" utter or tell; "not breathe a word" manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit" take a short break from one's activities in order to relax Synonym(s): rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours" expel (gases or odors) Synonym(s): emit, breathe, pass off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breathe \Breathe\ (br[emac][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Breathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breathing}.] [From {Breath}.] 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. [bd]I am in health, I breathe.[b8] --Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead? --Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak. 3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently. The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak. There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breathe \Breathe\, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. --Dryden. 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. Able to breathe life into a stone. --Shak. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. --Gen. ii. 7. 3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. He softly breathed thy name. --Dryden. Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. --Shak. 4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. 5. To express; to manifest; to give forth. Others articles breathe the same severe spirit. --Milner. 6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. [bd]They breathe the flute.[b8] --Prior. 7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise. And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee. --Shak. 8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. A moment breathed his panting steed. --Sir W. Scott. 9. To put out of breath; to exhaust. Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. --Dickens. 10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered. --H. Sweet. Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet. {To breathe again}, to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business. {To breathe one's last}, to die; to expire. {To breathe a vein}, to open a vein; to let blood. --Dryden.