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

1. intransitive verb. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
2. intransitive verb. To take breath; to rest from action.
3. intransitive verb. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
4. transitive verb. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
5. transitive verb. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
6. transitive verb. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
7. transitive verb. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
8. transitive verb. To express; to manifest; to give forth.
9. transitive verb. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
10. transitive verb. To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
11. transitive verb. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
12. transitive verb. To put out of breath; to exhaust.
13. transitive verb. To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
14. verb. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

    "I can breathe better when the air is clean"

    "The patient is respiring"

    Synonyms: respire, suspire

15. verb. expel (gases or odors)

    Synonyms: emit

16. verb. 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"

17. verb. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

    Synonyms: rest

18. verb. manifest or evince

    "She breathes the Christian spirit"

19. verb. utter or tell

    "not breathe a word"

20. verb. impart as if by breathing

    "He breathed new life into the old house"

21. verb. be alive

    "Every creature that breathes"

22. verb. allow the passage of air through

    "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

Synonyms

respire, suspire, emit, rest

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in breathe:

rebathe

Common word forms

breathed, breather, breathes, breathing

Words from these letters

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