pant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pant	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for pant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pant n the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" Synonym(s): trouser, pant a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" Synonym(s): gasp, pant v breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" Synonym(s): pant, puff, gasp, heave utter while panting, as if out of breath
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pant \Pant\, n. 1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. --Drayton. 2. A violent palpitation of the heart. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pant \Pant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Panted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panting}.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.] 1. 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. Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. --Dryden. 2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. --Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. --Pope. 3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. --Spenser. 4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pant \Pant\, v. t. 1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish. --Shelley. 2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.] Then shall our hearts pant thee. --Herbert.