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Breathe in English
- breathe⇄breathe, verb, breathed,breathing.
- breathe⇄expr. breathe again, to recover from anxiety or pain; be relieved.
Ex. Now I breathe again aloft the flood (Shakespeare). - breathe⇄expr. breathe easy (or easily), to feel relieved; be free of anxiety or pain.
Ex. Officials will breathe easier if the January orders also are up (Wall Street Journal). - breathe⇄expr. breathe freely, to be at ease; feel easy.
Ex. War was the element in which the Spartan seemed to have breathed most freely (Connop Thirlwall). - breathe⇄expr. breathe one's last. See under last (1).
- breathe⇄v.i. 1a. to draw air into the lungs and force it out; inhale and exhale; respire.
Ex. You can breathe through yourmouth if your nose is stuffy.
b. to take up oxygen and give out carbon dioxide, as fish do by means of gills.
2. (Figura - breathe⇄v.t. 1a. to draw (air) into the lungs and force (it) out; inhale and exhale.
Ex. She wanted to get out of the stuffy room and breathe some fresh air.
b. to draw into the lungs; inhale.
Ex. They had been breathing poisonous fumes.