'Breathe' definitions:

Definition of 'breathe'

From: WordNet
verb
Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" [syn: breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire]
verb
Be alive; "Every creature that breathes"
verb
Impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"
verb
Allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
verb
Utter or tell; "not breathe a word"
verb
Manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit"
verb
Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax [syn: rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather]
verb
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"
verb
Expel (gases or odors) [syn: emit, breathe, pass off]

Definition of 'Breathe'

From: GCIDE
  • Breathe \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Breathed (br[=e][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Breathing.] [From Breath.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! --Sir W. Scott [The Lay of the Last Minstrel]. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 2. To take breath; to rest from action. [1913 Webster]
  • Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently. [1913 Webster]
  • The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Breathe'

From: GCIDE
  • Breathe \Breathe\, v. t.
  • 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. [1913 Webster]
  • To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. [1913 Webster]
  • Able to breathe life into a stone. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. --Gen. ii. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. [1913 Webster]
  • He softly breathed thy name. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To express; to manifest; to give forth. [1913 Webster]
  • Others articles breathe the same severe spirit. --Milner. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. "They breathe the flute." --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise. [1913 Webster]
  • And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • A moment breathed his panting steed. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To put out of breath; to exhaust. [1913 Webster]
  • Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. [1913 Webster]
  • The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered. --H. Sweet. [1913 Webster]
  • Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged
  • Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'breathe'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Breathe'