winded
breathhold
windless
expire
outbreathe
maft
outhale
suspire
breathe out
short-winded
sigh
out of wind
misinhale
exhalate
breathe in
choke
strangle
gag
suffocate
grab some air
breathlessness
outbreathing
breathe
pech
with bated breath
blow
shortbreathed
take a deep breath
breathed
breathingly
breathful
huff
and
wheeze
rebreathe
take a breath
pursily
anhelous
outbreath
ozostomia
indrawing
exhalation
gasp
puff
pant
respirable
halitus
heave
breathless
blown
saprostomous
interbreath
underbreath
efflate
superbreath
onde
inspire
nonbreathable
wind
throttle
snirt
sweet-breathed
inbreath
pursy
catch
lung-busting
catch one's breath
stifle
wind-break
breathholding
huff and puff
whiff
spend
exhaling
misbreathe
hyperventilate
smother
oscitancy
lung power
oscitance
yawning
broken-winded
yawn
vaporous
cough
winded
windless
short-winded
shortbreathed
breathed
breathful
anhelous
respirable
breathless
blown
saprostomous
interbreath
nonbreathable
sweet-breathed
pursy
lung-busting
broken-winded
vaporous
breathingly
pursily
underbreath
breathhold
breathlessness
outbreathing
and
outbreath
ozostomia
indrawing
exhalation
halitus
gasp
superbreath
onde
wind
inbreath
breathholding
exhaling
oscitancy
lung power
oscitance
yawning
yawn
expire
outbreathe
maft
outhale
suspire
breathe out
breathhold
sigh
misinhale
exhalate
breathe in
choke
strangle
gag
suffocate
grab some air
breathe
pech
blow
take a deep breath
huff
wheeze
rebreathe
take a breath
gasp
puff
pant
heave
efflate
inspire
throttle
snirt
catch
catch one's breath
stifle
wind-break
huff and puff
whiff
wind
spend
misbreathe
hyperventilate
smother
cough
adj
verb
verb
verb
- To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
- To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
- To lament; to grieve.
- To make a sound like sighing.
noun
- A person who is bored.
- A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
- a manifestation of grief; a lament.
intj
prep_phrase
verb
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
- be too tight; rub or press
- wring the neck of
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
- check or slow down the action or effect of
- become or cause to become obstructed
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- reduce the air supply
- cause to retch or choke
noun
verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
verb
- To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
- To inspire (scripture).
- To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
- To live.
- To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.
- To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
- To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
- To whisper quietly.
- To give an impression of, to exude.
- To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
- To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
- To draw something into the lungs.
- To exchange gases with the environment.
- To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
verb
- To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.
- To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
- To flatulate or defecate.
- To produce an air current.
- To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
- To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).
- To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
- (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.
- To be propelled by an air current.
- To sing.
- To blow from a gun.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- To make a sound as the result of being blown.
- To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- To cause the sudden destruction of.
- To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
- To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- To suddenly fail destructively.
- To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- To be very undesirable.
- To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- To recklessly squander.
- To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
noun
- Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”)
- Cocaine.
- An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A damaging occurrence.
- Cannabis.
- A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
- An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- A bloom, state of flowering.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- A strong wind.
- The act of striking or hitting.
- A blowjob; fellatio.
- A display of anything brilliant or bright.
- Heroin.
- A chance to catch one's breath.
- A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
adj
verb
verb
- To breathe heavily.
- To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
- To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
- To enlarge; to swell up.
- To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
- To say in a huffy manner.
- To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
noun
noun
verb
conj
- Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
- If; provided that.
- Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
- connecting two well-formed formulas to create a well formed formula that requires the new formula to only be true when each of the two are true.
- Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes.
- Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
- Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
- Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
- Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
- Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
- Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
- Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
- Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, go and try.
noun
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- smoke and exhale strongly
- suck in or take (air)
- make proud or conceited
- praise extravagantly
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- blow hard and loudly
adj
noun
- a short light gust of air
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- thick cushion used as a seat
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
verb
noun
noun
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- utter a sound, as with obvious effort
- throw with great effort
- rise and move, as in waves or billows
- lift or elevate
- move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
noun
adj
noun
verb
- To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
- To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
- To spread rumour indirectly.
- To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
adj
noun
- 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
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
verb
verb
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- extend in curves and turns
- arrange or coil around
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
noun
verb
- To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- To strangle or choke someone.
noun
verb
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
noun
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- The game of catching a ball.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- Something which is captured or caught.
verb
- To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
- To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe.
- To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
- To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
- To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
- To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.
- To die of suffocation.
- To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
- To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
- To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
noun
verb
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
- To smell; to sniff.
- To fail spectacularly.
- In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
adj
intj
noun
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- The name of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
noun
verb
- To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- To cook in a close dish.
- To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
- To be suffocated.
- to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
- To daub or smear.
noun
adj
- Breathing out or giving off vapour.
- Of a thing: covered or hidden by vapour, fog, or mist.
- Of a place: filled with vapour; foggy, misty.
- Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour.
- Lacking depth or substance; insubstantial, thoughtless, vague.
- Of clothes or fabric: thin and translucent; filmy, gauzy.
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