English English Dictionary

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

To take breath; to rest from action.

To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.

To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.

To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.

To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.

To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.

To express; to manifest; to give forth.

To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.

To promote free respiration in; to exercise.

To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.

To put out of breath; to exhaust.

To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.