Definition of breath

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Breath (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath..

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Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child..
Nostril :: Nostril (n.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares..
Sterve :: Stertorous (a.) Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring..
Breathlessness :: Breathlessness (n.) The state of being breathless or out of breath.
Sigh :: Sigh (v. t.) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
Dyspnoea :: Dyspnoea (n.) Difficulty of breathing.
Stuttering :: Stuttering (n.) The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering..
Branchia :: Branchia (n.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds..
Short-breathed :: Short-breathed (a.) Having short-breath, or quick respiration..
Breath :: Breath (n.) Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.
Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..
Spirited :: Spiritally (adv.) By means of the breath.
Reed :: Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube..
Hypernoea :: Hypernoea (n.) Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnoea. See Eupnoea, and Dispnoea..
Expire :: Expire (v. i.) To emit the breath.
Aspiratory :: Aspiratory (a.) Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of ai.
Snore :: Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four..
Spire :: Spire (v. i.) To breathe.
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