Definition of breath

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Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant..

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Long-breathed :: Long-breathed (a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.
Breathed :: Breathed (imp. & p. p.) of Breath.
Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe..
Inbreathed :: Inbreathed (imp. & p. p.) of Inbreath.
Breathe :: Breathe (v. t.) To put out of breath; to exhaust.
Breath :: Breath (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life..
Suspired :: Suspire (n.) A long, deep breath; a sigh..
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..
Inspire :: Inspire (v. t.) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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..
Wheezy :: Wheezy (a.) Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.
Respire :: Respire (v. i.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood..
Truelove :: Truelove (n.) An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath..
Inbreathe :: Inbreathe (v. t.) To infuse by breathing; to inspire.
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself..
Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice..
Exsufflation :: Exsufflation (n.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
Inspiration :: Inspiration (n.) The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration..
Angina :: Angina (n.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail..
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