Breath
11breath|er — «BREE thuhr», noun. 1. a short stop for breath; rest: »He had stopped for a few minutes breather. SYNONYM(S): respite, pause. 2. a person or thing that breathes: »I will chide no breather in the world but myself against whom I know most faults… …
12breath´i|ly — breath|y «BREHTH ee», adjective. (of the voice or singing) characterized by or interspersed with audible sounds of breathing. –breath´i|ly, adverb. –breath´i|ness, noun …
13breath|y — «BREHTH ee», adjective. (of the voice or singing) characterized by or interspersed with audible sounds of breathing. –breath´i|ly, adverb. –breath´i|ness, noun …
14breath — O.E. bræð odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor (O.E. word for air exhaled from the lungs was æðm), from P.Gmc. *bræthaz smell, exhalation (Cf. O.H.G. bradam, Ger. Brodem breath, steam ), from PIE root *gwhre to breathe, smell …
15breath — index suggestion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16breath — [[t]bre̱θ[/t]] ♦♦♦ breaths 1) N VAR: oft poss N Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant. I could smell the whisky on his breath... Smoking causes bad… …
17breath — /breT/ noun 1 AIR YOU BREATHE a) (U) the air that you take in and out of your lungs when you breathe: Paul smelt the cigarette smoke on her breath. | bad breath (=breath that smells unpleasant) b) the process of breathing in and out: Her breath… …
18breath — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, heavy, long, slow ▪ quick, shallow, sharp, short ▪ …
19breath — n. 1) to draw, take a breath 2) to catch; hold one s breath 3) to get one s breath back 4) to lose one s breath 5) a deep; long breath (she took a deep breath) 6) out of breath ( breathless ) 7) (misc.) to spare, save one s breath ( to avoid a… …
20breath */*/*/ — UK [breθ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms breath : singular breath plural breaths Get it right: breath: Don t confuse breath (a noun) and breathe (a verb). Breath is pronounced /breθ/ and means the air that goes in and out of your… …
