Dictionary Entry
breathing
breathing is a 9-letter English word with 13 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Breathe. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Breathe
- 2noun
Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
- 3noun
Air in gentle motion.
- 4noun
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.
- 5noun
Aspiration; secret prayer.
- 6noun
Exercising; promotion of respiration.
- 7noun
Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
- 8noun
Breathing place; vent.
- 9noun
Stop; pause; delay.
- 10noun
Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.
- 11noun
A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.
- 12noun
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
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- 13adjective
passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
"the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"
"the heavy-breathing person on the telephone"
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