to breathe
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1.0
- verb
- /briːð/
:
respirar
- After a long run, I needed to breathe deeply to catch my breath.
- breathe clean air
- breathe deeply
- stop breathing
A lot of people pack in air, breathe slowly, breathe less.
- A lot of people pack in air, breathe slowly, breathe less.
- I had to be sitting up because I couldn't breathe laying down.
- Always try to get outside and breathe fresh air and drink water.
- The guy kept having to pull over to breathe fresh air.
- He said before I speak, breathe, breathe and ask one question.
- And yet most of us just breathe little tiny, tiny breaths.
- You know, it's, it's how you breathe and how you live.
- Meditate, optimize your performance, breathe, you know what I mean?
Examples
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For eight minutes, he pushed on Rachael's chest and breathed air into her lungs.
Academic text (2011) -
And when you try to simply breathe with awareness, the challenge of being present becomes clear.
Academic text (1999) -
Can you continue to breathe like this for decades?
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Always try to get outside and breathe fresh air and drink water.
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And when you relax, you try to breathe through that tight spot.
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How can you breathe in here?
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Oh my God, Simon, just breathe, breathe, breathe.
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And so you just breathe from your diaphragm, breathe low from your belly, OK.
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And yet most of us just breathe little tiny, tiny breaths.
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Just keep breathing.
Synonyms
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1.0
To breathe in and out once to calm yourself or prepare to speak
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6.0
To breathe in and out to take in oxygen and let out carbon dioxide
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
9
4.8
To be very excited about something and always make it a main part of life
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
14
7.5
To watch or pressure someone closely so they feel nervous
How Easy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breathe comes from an old English word breathan and is the verb form of breath, which means 'the air you take into your lungs'. So to breathe is to 'move air in and out' of the lungs, which is the basic physical meaning of the word.