1.
[syn: breathed, voiceless]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
breathed \breathed\ (br[e^]tht), adj.
having breath or breath as specified; usually used in
combination; as, sweet-breathed.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
breathed \breathed\ (br[=e][th]d), adj.
uttered without voice.
Syn: voiceless.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
breathed
adj 1: uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed
plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers" [syn: breathed,
voiceless]