Dictionary Entry
breathe
breathe is a 7-letter English word with 22 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 22 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
- 2intransitive verb
To take breath; to rest from action.
- 3intransitive verb
To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
- 4transitive verb
To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
- 5transitive verb
To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
- 6transitive verb
To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
- 7transitive verb
To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
- 8transitive verb
To express; to manifest; to give forth.
- 9transitive verb
To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
- 10transitive verb
To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
- 11transitive verb
To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
- 12transitive verb
To put out of breath; to exhaust.
- 13transitive verb
To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
- 14verb
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
"I can breathe better when the air is clean"
"The patient is respiring"
- 15verb
expel (gases or odors)
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- 16verb
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"
- 17verb
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
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- 18verb
manifest or evince
"She breathes the Christian spirit"
- 19verb
utter or tell
"not breathe a word"
- 20verb
impart as if by breathing
"He breathed new life into the old house"
- 21verb
be alive
"Every creature that breathes"
- 22verb
allow the passage of air through
"Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
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