breathing - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'breathing' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Breathing

[ n.]

- Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
- Air in gentle motion.
- Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.
- Aspiration; secret prayer.
- Exercising; promotion of respiration.
- Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
- Breathing place; vent.
- Stop; pause; delay.
- 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.
- A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.

2 . Breathing

[ p. pr. & vb. n.]

- of Breathe

Meaning of 'breathing' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . breathing

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

Example in sentence:

the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs;
the heavy-breathing person on the telephone

Nearby Words:

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Air-breathing missile
Air-breathing missile is a missile with an engine requiring the intake of air for combustion of its fuel, as in a ramjet or turbojet.

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