breathe

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ verb
air / breath
1 to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth: [V] He breathed deeply before speaking again. + The air was so cold we could hardly breathe. + She was beginning to breathe more easily. + He was breathing heavily after his exertions. + [VN] Most people don't realize that they are breathing polluted air.
2 [VN] to send air, smoke or a particular smell out of your mouth: He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
say quietly
3 (literary) to say sth quietly: [V speech] 'I'm over here,' she breathed. [also VN]
of wine
4 [V] if you allow wine to breathe, you open the bottle and let air get in before you drink it
of fabric / skin
5 [V] if fabric, leather, skin, etc. can breathe, air can move around or through it: Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.
feeling / quality
6 [VN] (formal) to be full of a particular feeling or quality: Her performance breathed wit and charm.
Idioms: breathe (easily / freely) again to feel calm again after sth unpleasant or frightening has ended: Once he was safely back in prison, she was able to breathe easily again.
breathe down sb's neck (informal) to watch closely what sb is doing in a way that makes them feel anxious and/or annoyed: I can't get any work done with you breathing down my neck.
breathe (new) life into sth to improve sth by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it: The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate.
breathe your last (literary) to die
more at LIVE
Phrasal Verbs: breathe in to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth: I want you to breathe in and hold your breath for as long as possible.
breathe sth<->in to take air, smoke, etc. into your lungs through your nose or mouth: His illness is a result of breathing in paint fumes over many years.
breathe out to send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth: Take a deep breath and then breathe out when I tell you.
breathe sth<->out to send air, smoke, etc. out of your lungs through your nose or mouth: Humans take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 live, exist:

She believes that there never breathed a wiser man than her father.

2 inhale and exhale, respire, suspire:

He was breathing regularly.

3 exhale, expel, puff, blow:

The banner depicts a dragon breathing fire.

4 whisper, murmur, hint (at), suggest, tell, speak, say:

She told me not to breathe a word of it to anybody.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ air/breath

ADV.

fast, quickly, rapidly | slowly | deeply | shallowly | hard, heavily

They were both breathing hard from the steep climb.

| gently | easily, steadily

She was beginning to breathe more easily.

| normally, properly

I can't breathe properly?I'm gasping for air!

| raggedly

He was breathing raggedly, mouth open.

| in, out

She breathed slowly in and out.

VERB + BREATHE

can/can't, could/couldn't, could barely/hardly/scarcely | not dare

He hardly dared breathe in case they heard him.

PREP.

through

Always breathe through your nose.

² say quietly

ADV.

huskily, softly

‘I love you, ’ she breathed softly.

Concise English dictionary

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breathes|breathed|breathingbriːð
verb
+draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
+be alive
+impart as if by breathing
+allow the passage of air through
+utter or tell
+manifest or evince
+take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
+reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
+expel (gases or odors)