breathe
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(verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean" |
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Synonyms: respire, take a breath |
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Related Words: breathe in, breathe out, choke, exhale, expire, hiccough, hiccup, hyperventilate, inhale, saw logs, saw wood, sigh, snore, wheeze, yawn |
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(verb) manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit" |
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Related Words: convey, impart |
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(verb) utter or tell; "not breathe a word" |
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Related Words: express, give tongue to, utter |
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(verb) impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house" |
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Related Words: instill |
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(verb) be alive; "Every creature that breathes" |
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Related Words: exist, live, subsist, survive |
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(verb) expel, as of gases and odors |
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Synonyms: emit, give off, pass off |
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Related Words: belch, bubble, burp, discharge, eject, emanate, eruct, exhale, expel, force out, give forth, radiate, ray, release |
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(verb) take a short breath |
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Synonyms: catch one's breath, rest, take a breather |
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Related Words: break, intermit, pause |
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