1. to draw air into and expel it from the lungs respire broadly to take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide through natural processes
2. to inhale and exhale freely
3. to blow softly
4. live
5. to pause and rest before continuing
6. to feel free of restraint
needs room to breathe
7. to permit passage of air or vapor
a fabric that breathes
8. to use air to support combustion
9. to be cooled or dried by air that passes by or through
clothing that allows your skin to breathe
10. to develop flavor and bouquet by exposure to air
11. to become perceptible be expressed
a personality that breathes and that distinguishes his work
— Bennett Schiff
12. to emit a fragrance or aura
13. to inhale and exhale
breathe air
14. to send out by exhaling
15. to instill by or as if by breathing
breathe new life into the movement
16. to take in in breathing
breathe the scent of pines
17. utter, express
don't breathe a word of it to anyone
18. to make manifest evince
the novel breathes despair
19. to give rest from exertion to
20. to spend a great deal of time, thought, or effort on (something) to be wholly devoted to (some interest or activity)
The Virginia native may not breathe basketball 24-7 … but during games and practice, his focus is second to none.
— Robbi Pickeral As with visiting companies, one of the key reasons for going to conferences is to avoid the tunnel vision that can overcome managers who live and breathe their business.
— Leslie Brokaw
21. to threaten especially in attack or pursuit
22. to keep one under close or constant surveillance
parents always breathing down his neck
23. to enjoy relief (as from pressure or danger)
24. to move air into and out of your lungs to inhale and exhale
25. to send (something) out from your lungs through your mouth or nose
26. to take (something) into your lungs through your mouth or nose
27. to draw air into and expel it from the lungs
28. to take in by inhaling
… Esperanza would take Mama's hands … and breathe in the fresh smell.
— Pam Mu?oz Ryan, Esperanza Rising
29. live entry 1 sense 1 He still breathes.
30. say entry 1 sense 1, utter
Don't breathe a word of this.
31. to draw air into and expel it from the lungs respire broadly to take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide through natural processes
32. to inhale and exhale
breathing fresh air