breath|ing

breath|ing
breath|ing «BREE thihng», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. respiration: »

the sick man's labored breathing.

2. a single breath.
3. a) the time needed for a single breath; a very short time: »

It was there only for the breathing of a second (Benjamin Disraeli).

b) a pause; rest.
4. a remark; utterance: »

Hide not thine ear at my breathing (Lamentations 3:56).

5. a slight breeze; a soft wind: »

The breathings of the lightest air that blows (William Cowper).

6. a) the sound of the letter h; aspiration. b) either of two marks, like single inverted commas, placed above a vowel in Greek to show whether it is aspirated.
7. physical exercise, as stimulating breathing.
–adj.
1. respiring; living.
2. Figurative. lifelike: »

The portrait was a real breathing likeness.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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