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breathe

English

  1. 🔊 draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
    “I can breathe better when the air is clean”
  2. 🔊 reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
    “This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours”
  3. 🔊 manifest or evince
    “She breathes the Christian spirit”
  4. 🔊 utter or tell
    “not breathe a word”
  5. 🔊 impart as if by breathing
    “He breathed new life into the old house”
  6. 🔊 be alive
    “Every creature that breathes”
  7. 🔊 allow the passage of air through
    “Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear”
  8. 🔊 expel (gases or odors)
  9. 🔊 take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

Spanish

  1. 🔊 respirar to breathe

Similar words

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