adj
Meaning 1
Having life; living; alive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
breathing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: B R IY1 DH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
verbal noun of breathe: (uncountable) The act of respiration; (countable) a single instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: respiration, ventilation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the breathings of the Holy Spirit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Aspiration; secret prayer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of breathe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs
- the heavy-breathing person on the telephone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eupneic, eupnoeic
Antonyms: breathless
noun
Meaning 9
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: external respiration, respiration, ventilation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
Narrower terms: artificial respiration, abdominal breathing, eupnea, eupnoea, hyperpnea, hypopnea, hyperventilation, panting, heaving, periodic breathing, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, smoke, smoking, snore, snoring, stertor, snuffle, sniffle, snivel, wheeze, second wind
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English breethder. Middle English brethen English breathe Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English breathing From breathe + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَنَفُس (tanafus) — act of respiration
- Arabic: نَفَس (nafas) — act of respiration
- Arabic: تنفس (tanafus) — act of respiration
- Armenian: շնչառություն (šnčʻaṙutʻyun) — act of respiration
- Azerbaijani: tənəffüs — act of respiration
- Azerbaijani: nəfəs — act of respiration
- Belarusian: дыха́нне (dyxánnje) — act of respiration
- Bulgarian: дишане (dišane) — act of respiration
- Carpathian Rusyn: дыханя (dŷxanja) — act of respiration
- Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸 (hūxī) — act of respiration
- Czech: dýchání — act of respiration
- Danish: vejrtrækning — act of respiration
- Danish: åndedræt — act of respiration
- Dutch: ademhaling — act of respiration
- Esperanto: spirado — act of respiration
- Estonian: hingamine — act of respiration
- Finnish: hengitys — act of respiration
- Finnish: henkäys — act of respiration
- French: respiration — act of respiration
- Georgian: სუნთქვა (suntkva) — act of respiration
- German: Atmen — act of respiration
- German: Atmung — act of respiration
- Greek: αναπνοή (anapnoḯ) — act of respiration
- Hindi: श्वसन (śvasan) — act of respiration
- Hindi: साँस लेना (sā̃s lenā) — act of respiration
- Hungarian: légzés — act of respiration
- Hungarian: lélegzés — act of respiration
- Icelandic: öndun — act of respiration
- Italian: respirazione — act of respiration
- Japanese: 呼吸 (kokyū) — act of respiration
- Kazakh: дем алу (dem alu) — act of respiration
- Kazakh: дем (dem) — act of respiration
- Kazakh: тыныс алу (tynys alu) — act of respiration
- Khmer: ដង្ហើម (dɑɑdɑnghaəm) — act of respiration
- Korean: 호흡 (hoheup) — act of respiration
- Northern Kurdish: henasedan — act of respiration
- Kyrgyz: дем алуу (dem aluu) — act of respiration
- Kyrgyz: дем тартуу (dem tartuu) — act of respiration
- Macedonian: дишење (dišenje) — act of respiration
- Malayalam: ശ്വസനം (śvasanaṁ) — act of respiration
- Marathi: श्वास (śvās) — act of respiration
- Marathi: श्वसन (śvasan) — act of respiration
- Marathi: श्वासोच्छ्वास (śvāsocchvās) — act of respiration
- Old English: ǣþm — act of respiration
- Persian: تنفس (tanaffos) — act of respiration
- Persian: نفس (nafas) — act of respiration
- Polish: oddychanie — act of respiration
- Polish: oddech — act of respiration
- Portuguese: respiração — act of respiration
- Romanian: respirație — act of respiration
- Russian: дыха́ние (dyxánije) — act of respiration
- Serbo-Croatian: да̏х — act of respiration
- Serbo-Croatian: ди́са̄ње — act of respiration
- Serbo-Croatian: dȁh — act of respiration
- Serbo-Croatian: dísānje — act of respiration
- Slovak: dýchanie — act of respiration
- Slovene: dihanje — act of respiration
- Spanish: respiración — act of respiration
- Swahili: upumuaji — act of respiration
- Swedish: andning — act of respiration
- Tagalog: paghinga — act of respiration
- Tajik: нафаскашӣ (nafaskaši) — act of respiration
- Tajik: нафас (nafas) — act of respiration
- Tajik: нафасгирӣ (nafasgiri) — act of respiration
- Tajik: дам (dam) — act of respiration
- Tamil: மூச்சு (mūccu) — act of respiration
- Tamil: உயிர்ப்பு (uyirppu) — act of respiration
- Tamil: சுவாசம் (cuvācam) — act of respiration
- Thai: การหายใจ (gaan-hǎai-jai) — act of respiration
- Turkish: nefes almak — act of respiration
- Turkish: solumak — act of respiration
- Ukrainian: диха́ння (dyxánnja) — act of respiration
- Uzbek: nafas — act of respiration
- Uzbek: dam — act of respiration
- Vietnamese: sự hô hấp — act of respiration
- Woiwurrung: wan-ang-goon — act of respiration
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