breathed
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/bɹiːðd/
English
Definitions
verb
- To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.“Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.”
- To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.“While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.”
- To live.“I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.”
adjective
- (in combination) Having a specified kind of breath.
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Synonyms
live and breatheinaudiblevoicelessunhearableblastedslammeddrovegrewledpromptedpushedrespiredaspiratedventilatedpuffedinhaledexhaled