breathe

breathe
breathe
W3S3 [bri:ð] v
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1¦(air)¦
2¦(blow)¦
3 somebody can breathe easy/easily
4 breathe a sigh of relief
5 be breathing down somebody's neck
6 not breathe a word
7 breathe life into something
8¦(skin)¦
9¦(clothes/fabric)¦
10¦(wine)¦
11¦(say something quietly)¦
12 breathe your last (breath)
13 breathe fire
Phrasal verbs
　breathe in
　breathe out
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[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: breath]
1.) ¦(AIR)¦ [I and T]
to take air into your lungs and send it out again
▪ The room filled with smoke, and it was becoming difficult to breathe.
▪ People are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe.
▪ Relax and breathe deeply (=take in a lot of air) .
2.) ¦(BLOW)¦ [I and T]
to blow air or smoke out of your mouth
breathe on
▪ Roy breathed on his hands and rubbed them together vigorously.
breathe sth over sb
▪ The fat man opposite was breathing garlic all over me.
3.) sb can breathe easy/easily
used when saying that someone can relax because a worrying or dangerous situation has ended
▪ With stocks going up, investors can breathe easily.
4.) breathe a sigh of relief
to stop being worried or frightened about something
▪ Once the deadline passed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
5.) be breathing down sb's neck informal
to pay very close attention to what someone is doing in a way that makes them feel nervous or annoyed
▪ How can I concentrate with you breathing down my neck all the time?
6.) not breathe a word
to not tell anyone anything at all about something, because it is a secret
▪ Don't breathe a word; it's supposed to be a surprise.
7.) breathe life into sth
to change a situation so that people feel more excited or interested
▪ Critics are hoping the young director can breathe new life into the French film industry.
8.) ¦(SKIN)¦
if your skin can breathe, air can reach it
9.) ¦(CLOTHES/FABRIC)¦ [I]
if cloth or clothing breathes, air can pass through it so that your body feels pleasantly cool and dry
10.) ¦(WINE)¦ [I]
if you let wine breathe, you open the bottle to let the air get to it before you drink it
11.) ¦(SAY SOMETHING QUIETLY)¦ [T]
[i]written to say something very quietly, almost in a whisper
▪ 'Wait,' he breathed.
12.) breathe your last (breath)
literary to die
13.) breathe fire
to talk and behave in a very angry way
→live and breathe sth at ↑live1 (19)
breathe in phr v
to take air into your lungs
▪ The doctor made me breathe in while he listened to my chest.
breathe sth<=>in
▪ Wyatt breathed in the cool ocean air.
breathe out phr v
to send air out from your lungs
▪ Jim breathed out deeply.
breathe sth<=>out
▪ Lauren lit up a cigarette, then breathed out a puff of smoke.
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WORD FOCUS: breathe
to breathe in: inhale (formal)
to breathe out: exhale (formal)
to breathe noisily: sniff, snore (=when sleeping)
snort, sigh
to breathe with difficulty: gasp, pant, wheeze, be short of breath, be out of breath
to be unable to breathe: choke, suffocate
See also: respiration, lung
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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