breathe
(verb)
verb
1. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- I can breathe better when the air is clean
Similar word(s): respire, suspire
Definition categories: body
2. be alive
- Every creature that breathes
Definition categories: stative, exist, live, subsist, survive
3. impart as if by breathing
- He breathed new life into the old house
Definition categories: possession, instill, transfuse
4. allow the passage of air through
- Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear
Definition categories: stative, be
5. utter or tell
- not breathe a word
Definition categories: communication, express, utter, verbalise, verbalize
6. manifest or evince
- She breathes the Christian spirit
Definition categories: communication, convey
7. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
Similar word(s): rest
Definition categories: communication, break, intermit, pause
8. reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
- This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours
Definition categories: change, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize
9. expel (gases or odors)
Similar word(s): emit
Definition categories: body, discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release
Sentences with breathe as a verb:
- Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.
- While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.
- I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.
- Try not to breathe too much smoke.
- If you breathe on a mirror, it will fog up.
- The wind breathes through the trees.
- The decor positively breathes classical elegance.
- He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all.
- Garments made of certain new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.
- At higher altitudes you need to breathe your horse more often.