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breathe


Definition: Meaning of, breathe in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / briːð /

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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
breathe breathed breathed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
breathing breathes
  1. air [intransitive and transitive] to take air into your lungs and send it out again
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  2. blow [intransitive and transitive] to blow air or smoke out of your mouth
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  3. somebody can breathe easy/easily used when saying that someone can relax because a worrying or dangerous situation has ended
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  4. breathe a sigh of relief to stop being worried or frightened about something
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  5. be breathing down somebody's neck informal to pay very close attention to what someone is doing in a way that makes them feel nervous or annoyed
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  6. not breathe a word to not tell anyone anything at all about something, because it is a secret
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  7. breathe life into something to change a situation so that people feel more excited or interested
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  8. skin [intransitive] if your skin can breathe, air can reach it
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  9. clothes/fabric [intransitive] if cloth or clothing breathes, air can pass through it so that your body feels pleasantly cool and dry
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  10. wine [intransitive] if you let wine breathe, you open the bottle to let the air get to it before you drink it
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  11. say something quietly [transitive] written to say something very quietly, almost in a whisper
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  12. breathe your last (breath) literary to die
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  13. breathe fire to talk and behave in a very angry way
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breathe used in phrasal verbs

  • breathe in (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth
    2. [transitive] to take other substances into your lungs through your nose or mouth
  • breathe out (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] to send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth
    2. [transitive] to send other substances out of your lungs through your nose or mouth
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