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mouth-breathe

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To breathe through the mouth.

Examples

“This problem may be increased if the individual mouth-breathes, which causes the secretions to dry and become⟳ thicker.”
“During the 10 minutes the test⟳ subjects were mouth-breathing to encourage⟳ deeper penetration of nitrous acid in the respiratory system so as to induce a mild cooling which would increase⟳ their responsiveness to irritants.”
“His advisors mouth-breathed at the side of His Obesity, who trembled with delight.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

mouth-breathed mouth-breathes mouth-breathing mouthbreathe mouthe mouthed

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