Breathed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  breathed \breathed\ (br[=e][th]d), adj.
     uttered without voice.
  
     Syn: voiceless.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  breathed \breathed\ (br[e^]tht), adj.
     having breath or breath as specified; usually used in
     combination; as, sweet-breathed.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  breathed
       adj 1: having breath or breath as specified; usually used in
              combination; "sweet-breathed"
       2: uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea,
          `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers" [syn: {voiceless}]