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breathe
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[ verb ] draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
Synonyms Examples "I can breathe better when the air is clean" "The patient is respiring" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Investors breathed more freely when it was learned that this acrobatic dancer had turned magician and was only doing a best_seller book to make some dough . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)He breathed now with his mouth open , showing a whitely curving section of lower teeth ; he kept his eyes , with their puffed blurred lids , always lowered , though not , apparently , focusing . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)He was shouting and breathing hard and closing his fist on the pillow . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)`` I'm General_Burnside 's horse , upside_down '' , Arlene said , sort_of gaspingly , for her : even she had to breathe kind_of funny when she was in that position . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)I asked Quasimodo recently how he accomplished this , and he replied that he had painted his model `` a beautiful shade of red and_then had her breathe on the canvas '' , which was his typical tongue-in-cheek way of chiding me for my lack of sensitivity . |
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[ verb ] impart as if by breathing
Examples "He breathed new life into the old house" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Shakespeare did not usually invent the incidents in his plays , but borrowed them from old stories , ballads , and plays , wove them together , and then breathed into them his spark of life . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be alive
Examples "Every creature that breathes" Used in print (Todhunter Ballard, The Night Riders....)He lived and breathed for the mining_company . Related terms |
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[ verb ] allow the passge of air through
Examples "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear" Related terms |
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[ verb ] take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
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[ verb ] (chemistry) reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
Examples "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours" Related terms |
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