Definitions for breathing

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breathing breath·ing

Spelling: [bree-th ing]

IPA: /ˈbri ðɪŋ/

Breathing is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 617 anagrams from letters in breathing (abeghinrt).

Definitions for breathing

noun

1. the act of a person or other animal that breathes; respiration.
2. a single breath.
3. the short time required for a single breath.
4. a pause, as for breath.
5. utterance or words.
6. a gentle moving or blowing, as of wind.
7. Classical Greek Grammar. the manner of articulating the beginning of a word written with an initial vowel sign, with or without aspiration before the vowel. one of the two symbols used to indicate this. Compare rough breathing, smooth breathing.

Idioms

1. breathe down someone's neck, to be close to someone in pursuit; menace; threaten: to watch someone closely so as to supervise or control:
2. breathe freely, to have relief from anxiety, tension, or pressure: Also, breathe easily, breathe easy.
3. breathe one's last, to die:
4. not breathe a word / syllable, to maintain secrecy; keep a matter confidential:

verb (used with object)

1. to inhale and exhale in respiration.
2. to exhale:
3. to inject as if by breathing; infuse:
4. to give utterance to; whisper.
5. to express; manifest.
6. to allow to rest or recover breath:
7. to deprive of breath; tire; exhaust.
8. to cause to pant; exercise.

verb (used without object)

1. to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
2. (in speech) to control the outgoing breath in producing voice and speech sounds.
3. to pause, as for breath; take rest:
4. to move gently or blow lightly, as air.
5. to live; exist:
6. to be redolent of.
7. (of a material) to allow air and moisture to pass through easily:
8. (of the skin) to absorb oxygen and give off perspiration.
9. (of a wine) to be exposed to air after being uncorked, in order to develop flavor and bouquet.

Origin of breathing

First recorded in 1350-1400, breathing is from the Middle English word brethynge. See breathe, -ing¹

Examples for breathing

For a long time he did not move, but I could see he was breathing.

Wilson was breathing quietly: his color was coming up, as he rallied from the shock.

He said, ‘They’re both shot in the head and neither of them are breathing.

It is only the true lover to whom the breathing form is as sacred as the breathless.

Take, for instance, those with sleep apnea, in which breathing periodically stops and starts throughout the night.

For instance, in active REM sleep, breathing and pulse may be irregular, and small muscular twitches are common.

So many eighteen-year-old girls,” says Oliona, “breathing down my neck.

At length her head came up a little and her breathing was easier and easier.

A man is but a beast as he lives from day to day, eating and drinking, breathing and sleeping.

However, in calm, deep wave sleep, breathing and pulse is slow and regular, and movements are more than rare, he says.