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Breath   /brɛθ/   Listen
Breath

noun
1.
The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.  "He was fighting to his last breath"
2.
The air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
3.
A short respite.  Synonyms: breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time.
4.
An indirect suggestion.  Synonyms: hint, intimation.
5.
A slight movement of the air.



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"Breath" Quotes from Famous Books



... the side had come on in the night, making every breath painful, every cough agonizing, and his whole face and brow were crimson ...
— Friarswood Post-Office • Charlotte M. Yonge
... like this: Every time them coons drew a long breath it expanded ther tree so that it opened a crack, an' when their lungs filled the crack opened wide. Then, when they let out thar breath ag'in, ther crack closed tight ag'in. Unc' Fletch happened ter lean up ag'in ther tree jest ez ther crack closed, ...
— Ted Strong in Montana - With Lariat and Spur • Edward C. Taylor
... a fair use and a good profit out of Patrasche: being human, he was wise, and left the dog to draw his last breath alone in the ditch, and have his bloodshot eyes plucked out as they might be by the birds, whilst he himself went on his way to beg and to steal, to eat and to drink, to dance and to sing, in the mirth at Louvain. A dying dog, a dog of ...
— Stories of Childhood • Various
... slim hand in its cream-colored silk mitt on the Squire's arm; her satin gown rustled softly as she passed before him, shrinking against the wall to give her room, and a faint fragrance which seemed like the very breath of the unknown delicacy and exclusiveness of life came to his ...
— Evelina's Garden • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
... she springs forward till the measure recalling her to the place she left, she traces her orbit, like a planet, at the same time revolving on her axis. Sometimes her "light, fantastic toe" will approach within half an inch of your foot; nay, you shall almost feel her breath on your cheek, and still she will not touch you, except, perhaps, with the skirt of her ...
— Paris As It Was and As It Is • Francis W. Blagdon


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