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Breath   /brɛθ/   Listen
noun
Breath  n.  
1.
The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc. "Melted as breath into the wind."
2.
The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.
3.
The power of respiration, and hence, life. "Thou takest away their breath, they die."
4.
Time to breathe; respite; pause. "Give me some breath, some little pause."
5.
A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant. "He smiles and he frowns in a breath."
6.
Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life. "The earthquake voice of victory, To thee the breath of life."
7.
A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle. "A breath can make them, as a breath has made."
8.
A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion. "Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea, when not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface."
9.
Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. "The breath of flowers."
10.
Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration. "An after dinner's breath."
Out of breath, breathless, exhausted; breathing with difficulty.
Under one's breath, in low tones.





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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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