Found 4 items, similar to breathe.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: breathe
bernafas
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: breathe
bernafas, mengatakan, menghirup, meniup
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: breathe
breathe
v 1: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs;
“I can breathe
better when the air is clean”;
“The patient is
respiring” [syn:
take a breath,
respire,
suspire]
2: be alive;
“Every creature that breathes”
3: impart as if by breathing;
“He breathed new life into the
old house”
4: allow the passage of air through;
“Our new synthetic fabric
breathes and is perfect for summer wear”
5: utter or tell;
“not breathe a word”
6: manifest or evince;
“She breathes the Christian spirit”
7: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
[syn:
rest,
catch one's breath,
take a breather]
8: 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”
9: expel (gases or odors) [syn:
emit,
pass off]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Breathe
Breathe
\Breathe\, v. t.
1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to
respire.
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To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital
air. --Dryden.
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2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
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Able to breathe life into a stone. --Shak.
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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life. --Gen. ii. 7.
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3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to
whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
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He softly breathed thy name. --Dryden.
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Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse,
A mother's curse, on her revolting son. --Shak.
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4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe
odors or perfumes.
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5. To express; to manifest; to give forth.
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Others articles breathe the same severe spirit.
--Milner.
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6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
“They breathe the flute.” --Prior.
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7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
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And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast
created for men to breathe themselves upon thee.
--Shak.
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8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural
breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
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A moment breathed his panting steed. --Sir W.
Scott.
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9. To put out of breath; to exhaust.
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Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little
breathed by the journey up. --Dickens.
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10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal
consonants.
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The same sound may be pronounces either breathed,
voiced, or whispered. --H. Sweet.
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Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain
unchanged
Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet.
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To breathe again, to take breath; to feel a sense of
relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of
business.
To breathe one's last, to die; to expire.
To breathe a vein, to open a vein; to let blood. --Dryden.
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Breathe
\Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Breathed
(br[=e][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Breathing.] [From
Breath.]
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1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
“I
am in health, I breathe.” --Shak.
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Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land! --Sir W. Scott
[The Lay of
the Last
Minstrel].
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2. To take breath; to rest from action.
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Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak.
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3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to
emanate; to blow gently.
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The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak.
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There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.
--Byron.
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