breathing

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: breath=ing
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

breathing, n. 

•  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

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