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verb
noun
- breathing with a husky or whistling sound
- (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
- An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An ulterior scheme or plan.
- A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
- (slang) Something very humorous or laughable.
- A sound that resembles a human wheezing.
prefix
verb
noun
- the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
- (uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
- A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
- (countable) A rest or pause.
- (countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
- (uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
- an indirect suggestion
- a slight movement of the air
- a short respite
- the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
adj
noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- (intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.
- (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
- To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
intj
noun
- a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
- (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
- (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
- (figurative) Eager longing.
- A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
- (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
- (attributive) Of or relating to pants.
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- utter while panting, as if out of breath
- (ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
- (intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
- (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
- (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
- (intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
- (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
noun
- breath
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- a tendency or force that influences events
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- an indication of potential opportunity
- the act of winding or twisting
- A bird, the dotterel.
- (figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
- (figurative) A tendency or trend.
- (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
- (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- (music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
- (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
- (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
verb
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- extend in curves and turns
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- arrange or coil around
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
- (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
- (transitive, British) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- (transitive) To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
- (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
adj
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- (automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- Having failed.
- (of glass) Formed by blowing.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
verb
verb
- draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
- draw in (air)
- (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.
- (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in the form of aerosols/smoke, sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
- (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
noun
adj
- Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
- tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
- not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
- That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
- Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.
- Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
- Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
- appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
noun
- (uncountable) Initialism of shortness of breath.
- (speedrunning) Initialism of sum of best.
- (countable, vexillology) Initialism of seal on a bedsheet, used humorously to recall the first sense
- (aviation, in the plural) Initialism of souls on board.
- (countable, vulgar, slang) Initialism of son of a bitch.
- (business, finance) Initialism of share of business.
- (business) Initialism of start of business.
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a dyspneic condition
noun
- (countable) A single inward breath (intake of air).
- The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
- A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
- A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
- arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
- a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- a product of your creative thinking and work
- arousing to a particular emotion or action
verb
- breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
- draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
- (intransitive) To breathe in and out successively.
- (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
- (transitive) To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.
- (cytology, intransitive) To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (as animals do), or vice versa (as plants do).
verb
- (intransitive) To breathe heavily.
- (intransitive) To enlarge; to swell up.
- (transitive, draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
- (intransitive) To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
- (transitive) To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
- (intransitive) To say in a huffy manner.
- (transitive) To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
- inhale recreational drugs
- blow hard and loudly
noun
noun
- The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
- The result of something being choked.
- The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
- The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
- a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
verb
adj
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- check or slow down the action or effect of
- reduce the air supply
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- wring the neck of
- become or cause to become obstructed
- cause to retch or choke
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- be too tight; rub or press
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
- (transitive) To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- (transitive) To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
- (intransitive) To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- (transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- (golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- (intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- (transitive) To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- (intransitive) To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- (transitive) To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- (transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
noun
- a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
- A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- (electronics) A choking coil.
- A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
- (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- make jokes or quips
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
- cause to retch or choke
- prevent from speaking out
- be too tight; rub or press
- (transitive, LGBTQ slang) To astonish (someone); to leave speechless.
- (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
- (ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
- (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
- (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
- (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
noun
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- (LGBTQ slang) A shocking or surprising thing.
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
- (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
- (figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
- Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
- (film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- die from strangulation
- (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- (transitive) To stifle or suppress.
- (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
noun
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
- (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
noun
- Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
- Mist, fog.
- The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
- (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
- (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- emit steam
- get very agitated or angry
- clean by means of steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- rise as vapor
noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- (intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.
- (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
- To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
intj
noun
- a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
- (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
- (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
- (figurative) Eager longing.
- A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
- (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
- (attributive) Of or relating to pants.
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- utter while panting, as if out of breath
- (ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
- (intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
- (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
- (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
- (intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
- (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
noun
- breath
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- a tendency or force that influences events
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- an indication of potential opportunity
- the act of winding or twisting
- A bird, the dotterel.
- (figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
- (figurative) A tendency or trend.
- (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
- (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- (music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
- (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
- (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
verb
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- extend in curves and turns
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- arrange or coil around
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
- (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
- (transitive, British) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- (transitive) To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
- (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
noun
- (uncountable) Initialism of shortness of breath.
- (speedrunning) Initialism of sum of best.
- (countable, vexillology) Initialism of seal on a bedsheet, used humorously to recall the first sense
- (aviation, in the plural) Initialism of souls on board.
- (countable, vulgar, slang) Initialism of son of a bitch.
- (business, finance) Initialism of share of business.
- (business) Initialism of start of business.
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a dyspneic condition
noun
- (countable) A single inward breath (intake of air).
- The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
- A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
- A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
- arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
- a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- a product of your creative thinking and work
- arousing to a particular emotion or action
noun
- The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
- The result of something being choked.
- The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
- The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
- a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
verb
adj
verb
noun
- the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
- (uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
- A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
- (countable) A rest or pause.
- (countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
- (uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
- an indirect suggestion
- a slight movement of the air
- a short respite
- the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
adj
noun
- Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
- Mist, fog.
- The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
- (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
- (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- emit steam
- get very agitated or angry
- clean by means of steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- rise as vapor
verb
noun
- breathing with a husky or whistling sound
- (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
- An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An ulterior scheme or plan.
- A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
- (slang) Something very humorous or laughable.
- A sound that resembles a human wheezing.
verb
noun
- the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
- (uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
- A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
- (countable) A rest or pause.
- (countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
- (uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
- an indirect suggestion
- a slight movement of the air
- a short respite
- the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
adj
verb
- draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
- draw in (air)
- (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.
- (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in the form of aerosols/smoke, sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
- (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
noun
verb
- breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
- draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
- (intransitive) To breathe in and out successively.
- (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
- (transitive) To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.
- (cytology, intransitive) To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (as animals do), or vice versa (as plants do).
verb
- (intransitive) To breathe heavily.
- (intransitive) To enlarge; to swell up.
- (transitive, draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
- (intransitive) To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
- (transitive) To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
- (intransitive) To say in a huffy manner.
- (transitive) To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
- inhale recreational drugs
- blow hard and loudly
noun
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- check or slow down the action or effect of
- reduce the air supply
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- wring the neck of
- become or cause to become obstructed
- cause to retch or choke
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- be too tight; rub or press
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
- (transitive) To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- (transitive) To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
- (intransitive) To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- (transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- (golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- (intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- (transitive) To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- (intransitive) To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- (transitive) To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- (transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
noun
- a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
- A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- (electronics) A choking coil.
- A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
- (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- make jokes or quips
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
- cause to retch or choke
- prevent from speaking out
- be too tight; rub or press
- (transitive, LGBTQ slang) To astonish (someone); to leave speechless.
- (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
- (ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
- (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
- (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
- (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
noun
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- (LGBTQ slang) A shocking or surprising thing.
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
- (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
- (figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
- Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
- (film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- die from strangulation
- (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- (transitive) To stifle or suppress.
- (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
noun
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
- (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
noun
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- (intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.
- (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
- To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
intj
noun
- a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
- (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
- (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
- (figurative) Eager longing.
- A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
- (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
- (attributive) Of or relating to pants.
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- utter while panting, as if out of breath
- (ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
- (intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
- (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
- (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
- (intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
- (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
adj
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- (automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- Having failed.
- (of glass) Formed by blowing.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
verb
adj
- Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
- tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
- not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
- That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
- Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.
- Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
- Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
- appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse