Breathing

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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]:

  Breathing \Breath"ing\, n.
     1. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
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              Subject to a difficulty of breathing. --Melmoth.
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     2. Air in gentle motion.
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     3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the
        breathings of the Spirit.
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     4. Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings
        after that blessed state." --Tillotson.
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     5. Exercising; promotion of respiration.
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              Here is a lady that wants breathing too;
              And I have heard, you knights of Tyre
              Are excellent in making ladies trip.  --Shak.
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     6. Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
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              I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. --Shak.
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     7. Breathing place; vent. --Dryden.
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     8. Stop; pause; delay.
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              You shake the head at so long a breathing. --Shak.
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     9. Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction
        of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when
        the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed
        by the letter h.
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     10. (Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence.
         See {Rough breathing}, {Smooth breathing}, below.
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     {Breathing place}.
         (a) A pause. "That c[ae]sura, or breathing place, in the
             midst of the verse." --Sir P. Sidney.
         (b) A vent.
  
     {Breathing time}, pause; relaxation. --Bp. Hall.
  
     {Breathing while}, time sufficient for drawing breath; a
        short time. --Shak.
  
     {Rough breathing} ({spiritus asper}) ([spasp]). See 2d
        {Asper}, n.
  
     {Smooth breathing} ({spiritus lenis}), a mark (') indicating
        the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  breathing
       adj : passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs
             normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was
             disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living
             breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on
             the telephone" [syn: {eupneic}, {eupnoeic}] [ant: {breathless}]
       n : the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process
           of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon
           dioxide by exhalation [syn: {external respiration}, {respiration},
            {ventilation}]