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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 ... show more

Roget 364: animal life; animation, animality, animalization; animalness, corporeal nature, human system; breath.    flesh, flesh and blood; physique; strength etc. 159.    ... show more

Roget 349: wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, ... show more

Roget 113: instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy; suddenness, abruptness.    moment, instant, second, minute; twinkling, trice, flash, breath, ... show more

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

A short respite.

synonyms: breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time.

4 breath

An indirect suggestion:
— Not a breath of scandal ever touched her.

synonyms: hint, intimation.

5 breath

A slight movement of the air.


Moby thesaurus: Aqua-Lung, a breath, afterdamp, amaze, anima, anima humana, animating force, aroma, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, astonish, astound, atman, ba, bated breath, bathmism, beating heart, biological clock, biorhythm ... show more.

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