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breathing

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Noun
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breath=ing
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2 in 2 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

breathingn. 
  •  Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.  [1913 Webster]
    "Subject to a difficulty of breathing."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Air in gentle motion.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Aspiration; secret prayer.  Tillotson.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Exercising; promotion of respiration.  [1913 Webster]
    "Here is a lady that wants breathing too;
    And I have heard, you knights of Tyre
    Are excellent in making ladies trip.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  Utterance; communication or publicity by words.  [1913 Webster]
    "I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Breathing place; vent.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Stop; pause; delay.  [1913 Webster]
    "You shake the head at so long a breathing."  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.  [1913 Webster]
Breathing place. (a) A pause. “That cæsura, 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) (See 2d Asper, n. -- Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

breathing, n. Phonet.
1 the process of taking air into and expelling it from the lungs.
2 a sign in Greek indicating that an initial vowel or rho is aspirated (rough breathing) or not aspirated (smooth breathing).

Idiom
breathing-space time to breathe; a pause.

ROGET THESAURUS

breathing

Life

N life, vitality, viability, animation, vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit, respiration, wind, breath of life, breath of one's nostrils, oxygen, air, respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung, medical devices, lifeblood, Archeus, existence, vivification, vital force, vitalization, revivification, Prometheus, life to come, physiology, biology, animal ecology, nourishment, staff of life, genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production), microbe, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative anaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, halophile, methanogen, archaebacteria, microaerophile, animal, vegetable, artificial life, robot, robotics, artificial intelligence, breathing, breathing rate, heartbeat, pulse, temperature, preservation of life, healing (medicine), living, alive, in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living, on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated, animative, lively, all alive and kicking, tenacious of life, full of life, yeasty, vital, vitalic, vivifying, vivified viable, zoetic, Promethean, vivendi causa, atqui vivere militare est, non est vivere sed valere vita, life, vitality, viability, animation, vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit, respiration, wind, breath of life, breath of one's nostrils, oxygen, air, respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung, medical devices, lifeblood, Archeus, existence, vivification, vital force, vitalization, revivification, Prometheus, life to come, physiology, biology, animal ecology, nourishment, staff of life, genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production), microbe, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative anaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, halophile, methanogen, archaebacteria, microaerophile, animal, vegetable, artificial life, robot, robotics, artificial intelligence, breathing, breathing rate, heartbeat, pulse, temperature, preservation of life, healing (medicine), living, alive, in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living, on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated, animative, lively, all alive and kicking, tenacious of life, full of life, yeasty, vital, vitalic, vivifying, vivified viable, zoetic, Promethean, vivendi causa, atqui vivere militare est, non est vivere sed valere vita.


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