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breath
noun
1 breath
The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.
Roget 405:
faintness
etc.
adj.;
faint sound,
whisper,
breath;
undertone,
underbreath†;
murmur,
hum,
susurration;
tinkle;
still small voice. "
hoarseness
etc.
adj.;
raucity†.
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Roget 364:
animal life;
animation,
animality†,
animalization†;
animalness,
corporeal nature,
human system;
breath.
flesh,
flesh and blood;
physique;
strength
etc.
159.
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Roget 349:
wind,
draught,
flatus,
afflatus,
efflation†,
eluvium†;
air;
breath,
breath of air;
puff,
whiff,
zephyr;
blow,
breeze,
drift;
aura;
stream,
current,
jet stream;
undercurrent.
gust,
blast,
squall,
gale,
half a gale,
storm,
tempest,
hurricane,
whirlwind,
tornado,
samiel,
cyclone,
anticyclone,
typhoon;
simoon†,
simoom;
harmattan†,
monsoon,
trade wind,
sirocco,
mistral,
bise†,
tramontane,
levanter;
capful of wind;
fresh breeze,
stiff breeze;
keen blast;
blizzard,
barber [Can.],
candelia†,
chinook,
foehn,
khamsin†,
norther,
vendaval†,
wuther†.
windiness
etc.
adj.;
ventosity†;
rough weather,
dirty weather,
ugly weather,
stress of weather;
dirty sky,
mare's tail;
thick squall,
black squall,
white squall.
anemography†,
aerodynamics;
wind gauge,
weathercock,
vane,
weather-vane,
wind sock;
anemometer,
anemoscope†.
sufflation†,
insufflation†,
perflation†,
inflation,
afflation†;
blowing,
fanning
etc.
v.;
ventilation.
sneezing
etc.
v.;
errhine†;
sternutative†,
sternutatory†;
sternutation;
hiccup,
hiccough;
catching of the breath.
Eolus,
Boreas,
Zephyr,
cave of Eolus.
air pump,
air blower,
lungs,
bellows,
blowpipe,
fan,
ventilator,
punkah†;
branchiae†,
gills,
flabellum†,
vertilabrum†.
whiffle ball.
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Roget 113:
instantaneity,
instantaneousness,
immediacy;
suddenness,
abruptness.
moment,
instant,
second,
minute;
twinkling,
trice,
flash,
breath,
crack,
jiffy,
coup,
burst,
flash of lightning,
stroke of time.
epoch,
time;
time of day,
time of night;
hour,
minute;
very minute
&c.,
very time,
very hour;
present time,
right time,
true time,
exact correct time.
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Dutch: pauze, adempauze, ademhaling, ademteug, adem, asem
Polish: dech, oddech, respiracja, tchnienie
2 breath
The air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
Dutch: adem
3 breath
4 breath
An indirect suggestion:
— Not a breath of scandal ever touched her.
synonyms: hint, intimation.
5 breath
A slight movement of the air.
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