with+bated+breath
21breath — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, heavy, long, slow ▪ quick, shallow, sharp, short ▪ …
22bated — [[t]be͟ɪtɪd[/t]] PHRASE: usu PHR after v If you wait for something with bated breath, you wait anxiously to find out what will happen. [FORMAL] Every Monday the whole office used to wait with bated breath for his report... We would gather round… …
23breath — /brɛθ / (say breth) noun 1. Physiology the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration. 2. respiration, especially as necessary to life. 3. ability to breathe, especially freely: out of breath. 4. time to breathe; pause or respite. 5. a single… …
24bated — adjective (in phr. with bated breath) in great suspense. Origin C16: from the past participle of obs. bate restrain , from abate. Usage The correct phrase is with bated breath not with baited breath …
25bated — bat|ed [ˈbeıtıd] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: abate] with bated breath feeling very anxious or excited ▪ He waited for a reply to his offer with bated breath …
26bated — bat|ed [ beıtəd ] adjective with bated breath worried or excited and paying a lot of attention because you want to know what will happen: We waited with bated breath to find out who had won …
27bated — adjective with bated breath feeling very anxious or excited: We waited with bated breath for the results of the test to come through …
28bated — adjective Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath …
29bated — UK [ˈbeɪtɪd] / US [ˈbeɪtəd] adjective with bated breath …
30bated — [ˈbeɪtɪd] adj with bated breath worried or excited about what will happen[/ex] …
