Meaning of breath | Babel Free

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1. The act or process of breathing
2. The act or process of breathing.
   uncountable
3. A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air
4. At or almost at the same time.
5. first-person singular present indicative of alentar (“to encourage, to cheer up”)
6. A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
   countable
7. Air expelled from the lungs
8. Breathing with difficulty, as from exertion; gasping.
9. Air expelled from the lungs.
   uncountable
10. A rest or pause
11. In a muted voice or whisper.
12. A rest or pause.
    countable
13. A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
    countable, uncountable
14. A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense
15. having difficulty in breathing normally. His asthma makes him breathless; He was breathless after climbing the hill. asemloos, uitasem مقطوع النفس، لاهث бездиханен ofegante udýchaný atemlos forpustet; stakåndet λαχανιασμένος, που δεν μπορεί να πάρει ανάσα sin aliento, sofocado hingeldav از نفس افتاده hengästynyt essoufflé חֲסַר נְשִימָה हांफना bez daha légzési nehézségekkel küzdő susah bernapas, sesak nafas lafmóður senza fiato 息をきらした 숨이 찬 be kvapo, uždusęs bez elpas; aizelsies tercungap-cung...
16. Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
17. ademlose بانقطاع الأنفاس бездиханно sem fôlego udýchaně, bez dechu atemlos forpustet; stakåndet με κομμένη την ανάσα jadeante, sin aliento hingeldades نفس نفس زنان hengästyneesti en haletant בִּנְשִימָה עֲצוּרָה हांफते हुए zadihan lélekszakadva dengan nafas sesak standandi á öndinni senza fiato 息をきらして 숨이 차서 sulaikius kvapą bez elpas dengan tercungap-cungap buiten adem, ademloosandpusten, heseblesende z zapartym tchem ساه نیولی sem fôlego gâfâind задыхаясь bez dychu zasoplo bez daha andfått, a...
18. Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
19. aamborstigheid, ademloosheid انقطاع الأنفاس бездиханност falta de ar udýchanost, dýchavičnost die Atemlosigkeit forpustethed; stakåndethed λαχάνιασμα, δυσκολία στην αναπνοή sofoco, falta de aliento, dificultad respiratoria hingeldus از نفس افتادگی hengästyneisyys essoufflement קְצַר נְשִימָה हंफनी zapuhanost izgatottság keadaan susah bernapas mæði affanno 息をきらすこと 숨이 참 oro trūkumas elpas trūkums berkaitan tercungap-cungap ademloosheid det å være andpusten brak tchu له نفس څخه لویدلی falta de a...
20. to stop breathing (often because of anxiety or to avoid being heard). He held his breath as he watched the daring acrobat. asem ophou يحبس أنفاسه затаявам дъх prender a respiração zatajit dech den Atem anhalten holde vejret κρατάω την αναπνοή μου contener la respiración hinge kinni hoidma نفس را در سینه حبس کردن pidättää hengitystä retenir son souffle לַעֲצוֹר אֶת הַנשִימָה सांस रोकना zadržati dah visszatartja a lélegzetét menahan napas halda í sér andanum trattenere il respiro かたずをのむ 숨을 멈추다 ...
21. breathless (through running etc). I'm out of breath after climbing all these stairs. uitasem منقطع النفس запъхтян sem fôlego udýchaný, bez dechu außer Atem forpustet λαχανιασμένος, με κομμένη την ανάσα sofocado, sin aliento hingetu از نفس افتاده hengästynyt essouflé חֲסַר נְשִימָה हांफना ostati bez daha kifullad kehabisan napas móður senza fiato 息をきらせて 숨을 헐떡이며 be kvapo, uždusęs bez elpas; aizelsies termengah-mengah buiten ademandpusten bez oddechu, zadyszany له نفس څخه لویدلی ofegante gâfâind...
    etc
22. in a whisper. He swore under his breath. fluister, saggies praat بصوت خفيف، همسا шепнешком baixinho polohlasem leise lavmælt; hviskende ψιθυριστά, μέσα από τα δόντια a media voz, en voz baja, en un susurro sosinal زیر لبی؛ آهسته kuiskaten à voix basse לִלחוֹש מִתָחַת לָשָׂפַם फुसफुसाना šaputati halkan dengan berbisik lágt, í hálfum hljóðum sottovoce 息をひそめて 속삭이다 pašnibždomis čukstus bisikan fluisterend lavmælt, hviskende półszeptem کراره baixinho în şoaptă тихо, шепотом šeptom šepetaje šapatom...
23. The act or process of breathing; respiration: swam down to the reef, holding his breath.

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Examples

“I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.”

“The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.”

“Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.”

“I took a deep breath and started the test.”

“Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.”

“She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.”

“I could feel the runner's breath on my shoulder.”

“Let's stop for a breath when we get to the top of the hill.”

“Even with all the windows open, there is hardly a breath of air in here.”

“If she had a breath of common sense, she would never have spoken to the man in the first place.”

“Autumn[…]Who wakenest with thy balmy breath”

“the breath of flowers”

“an after dinner's breath”

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