breathes

When you breathe, you take in air through your nose and mouth. Air is essential for human life, and it's important to take it in regularly.

  • He stopped breathing when he fell into the water.

  • She started breathing again after she was resuscitated.

Definition of breathes

verb

expel (gases or odors)

Synonyms:

emit, pass off

verb

take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

Synonyms:

catch one's breath, rest, take a breather

verb

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

Synonyms:

respire, suspire, take a breath

verb

allow the passage of air through

verb

be alive

verb

impart as if by breathing

verb

manifest or evince

verb

reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked

verb

utter or tell

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Example Sentences for breathes

  • 1

    That was a refreshing breath of air in the article.

  • 2

    Breathe Easy is the support network of the British Lung Foundation.

  • 3

    Air hunger is the sensation of the urge to breathe.

  • 4

    The problem becomes breathing in the thin air.

  • 5

    The Terrestrial Air Breathing Mollusks of the United States.

  • 6

    It's like breathlessly reporting that Barack Obama breathes air.

  • 7

    The buccal cavity of the electric eel may breathe air.

  • 8

    God is the breath inside the breath.

  • 9

    It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.

  • 10

    Acetone is excreted in the breath and urine.