breathe

Verb

Synonyms: take a breath respire suspire rest catch one's breath take a breather emit pass off

WordNet 3.0

Verb (9)

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs“I can breathe better when the air is clean”“The patient is respiring”Synonyms: take a breath respire suspire
be alive“Every creature that breathes”
impart as if by breathing“He breathed new life into the old house”
allow the passage of air through“Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear”
utter or tell“not breathe a word”
manifest or evince“She breathes the Christian spirit”
take a short break from one's activities in order to relaxSynonyms: rest catch one's breath take a breather
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”
expel (gases or odors)Synonyms: emit pass off

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Breathe \Breathe\, v. t.

1.To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. [1913 Webster]

To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. [1913 Webster]

Able to breathe life into a stone.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.— Gen. ii. 7.[1913 Webster]

3.To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. [1913 Webster]

He softly breathed thy name.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. [1913 Webster]

5.To express; to manifest; to give forth. [1913 Webster]

Others articles breathe the same severe spirit.— Milner.[1913 Webster]

6.To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. "They breathe the flute." --Prior. [1913 Webster]

7.To promote free respiration in; to exercise. [1913 Webster]

And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

8.To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. [1913 Webster]

A moment breathed his panting steed.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

9.To put out of breath; to exhaust. [1913 Webster]

Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up.— Dickens.[1913 Webster]

10.(Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. [1913 Webster]

The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered.— H. Sweet.[1913 Webster]

Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged

Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Breathe \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Breathed (br[=e][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Breathing.] [From Breath.] [1913 Webster]

1.To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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]. [1913 Webster +PJC]

2.To take breath; to rest from action. [1913 Webster]

Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again!— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently. [1913 Webster]

The air breathes upon us here most sweetly.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.— Byron.[1913 Webster]