Breaf
Misspelling of breathe.
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(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
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(intransitive) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
‘Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.’;
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(transitive) To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
‘While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.’;
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To live.
‘I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.’;
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(transitive) To draw something into the lungs.
‘Try not to breathe too much smoke.’;
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(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
‘If you breathe on a mirror, it will fog up.’;
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(transitive) To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
‘The flowers breathed a heady perfume.’;
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(transitive) To give an impression of, to exude.
‘The decor positively breathes classical elegance.’;
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(transitive) To whisper quietly.
‘He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all.’;
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To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
‘The wind breathes through the trees.’;
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(intransitive) To exchange gases with the environment.
‘Garments made of certain new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.’;
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To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.
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(transitive) To stop, to give a horse an opportunity to catch its breath.
‘At higher altitudes you need to breathe your horse more often.’;
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To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
‘Do you like hiking? Are you kidding? I breathe hiking.’;
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To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
‘Breathes there a man with soul so deadWho never to himself hath said,This is my own, my native land!’;
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To take breath; to rest from action.
‘Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again!’;
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To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
‘The air breathes upon us here most sweetly.’; ‘There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.’;
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To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
‘To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air.’;
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To inject by breathing; to infuse; - with into.
‘Able to breathe life into a stone.’; ‘And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.’;
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To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
‘He softly breathed thy name.’; ‘Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse,A mother's curse, on her revolting son.’;
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To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
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To express; to manifest; to give forth.
‘Others articles breathe the same severe spirit.’;
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To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
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To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
‘And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee.’;
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To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
‘A moment breathed his panting steed.’;
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To put out of breath; to exhaust.
‘Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up.’;
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To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
‘The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered.’; ‘Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged [in whispering].’;
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draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs;
‘I can breathe better when the air is clean’; ‘The patient is respiring’;
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be alive;
‘Every creature that breathes’;
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impart as if by breathing;
‘He breathed new life into the old house’;
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allow the passage of air through;
‘Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear’;
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utter or tell;
‘not breathe a word’;
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manifest or evince;
‘She breathes the Christian spirit’;
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take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
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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’;
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expel (gases or odors)
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take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process
‘he breathed out heavily’; ‘breathe in through your nose’; ‘she was breathing deeply’; ‘we are polluting the air we breathe’;
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(of a fish) draw in water with dissolved oxygen through the mouth and force it out through the gills
‘you will see the gill cover opening and the gills fluttering, as water is drawn over the gills and the fish breathes’;
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(of a cell, tissue, or living organism) exchange gases, especially by means of a diffusion process
‘plants breathe through all their organs, including roots’; ‘adult amphibians also breathe through their skin’;
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be alive; remain living
‘at least I'm still breathing’;
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(of wind) blow softly.
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say something with quiet intensity
‘‘We're together at last,’ she breathed’;
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give an impression of (something)
‘the whole room breathed an air of hygienic efficiency’;
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(of wine) be exposed to fresh air
‘letting a wine breathe allows oxygen to enter’;
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(of material or soil) admit or emit air or moisture
‘let your lawn breathe by putting air into the soil’;
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allow (a horse) to rest after exertion.
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tarnish or taint
‘before the queen's fair name was breathed upon’;
