Word Finder - breathes

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To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

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To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.

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Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.

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To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.

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While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.

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To live.

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I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.

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To draw something into the lungs.

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Try not to breathe too much smoke.

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To expel air from the lungs, exhale.

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If you breathe on a mirror, it will fog up.

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To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.

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The flowers breathed a heady perfume.

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To give an impression of, to exude.

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The decor positively breathes classical elegance.

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To whisper quietly.

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He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all.

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To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.

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The wind breathes through the trees.

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To exchange gases with the environment.

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Garments made of certain new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.

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To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.

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To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.

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At higher altitudes you need to breathe your horse more often.

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To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.

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To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).

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Do you like hiking?  Are you kidding? I breathe hiking.

Every clause breathes the philosopher's humanity.

Under ordinary circumstances the horse breathes entirely by the nasal passages, the communication between the larynx and the mouth being closed by the velum palati.

The diver breathes pure oxygen through a mask, which improves exhalation of nitrogen.

He breathes the old national spirit, and his mastery of classical idiom and versification is for his age extraordinary.

An immense joy in battle breathes through the earliest Norse literature, which has scarce its like in any other literature; and we know that the language recognized a peculiar battle fury, a veritable madness by which certain were seized and which went by the name of " berserk's way " (berserksgangr).2 The courage of the vikings was proof against anything, even as a rule against superstitious terrors.

His correspondence breathes a most Christian spirit, especially in its tone of charity towards his persecutors.

When the medical attendant declares the case hopeless a priest advances to the bed of the dying man, repeats sundry texts of the Zend-Avesta, the substance of which tends to afford him consolation, and breathes a prayer for the forgiveness of his sins.

In all that the older Stoics taught there breathes that enthusiasm for righteousness in which has been traced the earnestness of the Semitic spirit; but nothing presents more forcibly the pitch of their moral idealism than the doctrine of the Wise Man.

And I have read your diary that you have so goodly written for me, and which breathes out truth in every line.

It radically reworks old tunes and breathes new life into songs with haunting and revealing results.

Scone palace - scone palace - Scone is a place that breathes history like nowhere else in Scotland.

A young bird twitters And hides its head; A little wind suddenly Breathes, and is dead.

The Koran breathes a considerate and kindly spirit towards the class, and encourages manumission.

Above all, the sacred book of laws, the Vendidad, breathes throughout the spirit of the Sassanian period, in its intolerance, its casuistry degenerating into absurdity, and its soulless monotony.

But lo! the lovely maiden only smiles more sweetly, and breathes upon the icy battlements of her enemies, and in a moment they vanish, and the glad Earth gives her a royal welcome.

Men come tamely home at night only from the next field or street, where their household echoes haunt, and their life pines because it breathes its own breath over again; their shadows, morning and evening, reach farther than their daily steps.

Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?

Scone Palace - Scone is a place that breathes history like nowhere else in Scotland.

It truly breathes new life into an underrated classic.

It is best to have a shell made of cotton fabric, as cotton breathes and allows some heat to pass through.

Cotton breathes easily and feels soft against the skin.

Cotton remains the most versatile material, one that breathes during hot weather, and that can keep toddlers warm in cooler weather.

You can always tell if an item is made from real leather since the material breathes and adjusts to the temperature of its environment.

When you're stressed, you're apt to take shorter breathes.

The next time you find yourself embroiled in a heated argument, take one to three deep breathes (up to ten would be even better).

If it starts to accelerate or you feel as though you can't catch your breath, take a moment to count breathes.

Throat cancer can leave a person with a permanent tracheotomy, a hole in the neck through which the person breathes.

Try taking in deep breathes just as you would when smoking.

When you're cutting your fabric, make sure to make the dress big enough; a tight dress is uncomfortable even if the fabric breathes well.

You also want fabric that breathes and is lightweight.

You want to stay dry and comfortable with outerwear that breathes and won't cling or be too heavy as it gets wet.

It is lightweight, breathes well, and can be woven tightly enough so as not to let in sun rays, but still won't promote an excess of sweat.

Even for a summer cardigan, a lightweight wool is a practical choice, since it breathes.

Unless it's been chemically treated, it keeps you warm and also breathes, keeping moisture at bay.

It breathes better than any other fiber, allowing the body to get to a comfortable sleeping temperature faster and maintain that level of comfort longer.

An empire dress is perfect for summer, because it is light and feminine and breathes well.

In some cases, only 25 percent of the normal breathes are taken in.

Nasal masks are not ideal for anyone who breathes through their mouth, as these masks cover and direct pressurized air only through the nasal passages.

Instead, the airflow lessens when the person exhales and increases when the person breathes in.

Then run up to him until he breathes fire at you.

In the first task, Harry needs to fly with his broomstick across some rough terrain while being chased by a dragon that breathes fire.

The product guarantee allows customers to get a replacement item or refund if they find that water or wind entered the pants or if they do not feel the fabric breathes enough.

Congenital stridor is caused by abnormalities in the airways that cause them to partially collapse when the child breathes.

The baby continues to get its oxygen supply from its mother exclusively from the blood in the umbilical cord until the head is delivered and baby breathes on her own.

The doctor will listen for unusual sounds in the lungs when the child breathes in and out and will check the child's skin and the inside of the mouth for rashes, ulcers, or sores.

The patient places a clip over the nose and breathes through the mouth into a tube connected to a machine called a spirometer.

The patient sits in a sealed box that resembles a telephone booth and breathes against a mouthpiece.

A developing fetus can also be poisoned if a pregnant woman breathes CO gas.

Normally when a person breathes fresh air into the lungs, the oxygen in the air binds with a molecule called hemoglobin (Hb) that is found in red blood cells.

As a person breathes CO contaminated air, more and more oxygen transportation sites on the hemoglobin molecules become blocked by CO.