Meaning of mouth-breathe | Babel Free

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.”

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