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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Suspiral :: Suspiral (n.) A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct.
Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
Spire :: Spiration (n.) The act of breathing.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2..
Breathe :: Breathe (v. t.) To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
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..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h..
Auricula :: Auricula (n.) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish.
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..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval..
Unbreathed :: Unbreathed (a.) Not breathed.
Opisthopulmonate :: Opisthopulmonate (a.) Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of certain air-breathing Mollusca.
Breathe :: Breathe (v. t.) To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Air in gentle motion.
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Out of breath; tired; exhausted.
Laryngotracheotomy :: Laryngotracheotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing..
Inbreathed :: Inbreathed (imp. & p. p.) of Inbreath.
Pneumato- :: Pneumato- () A combining form from Gr. pney^ma, pney`matos, wind, air, breath, respiration; as, pneumatograph, pneumatology..
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle..
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse..
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