[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

breathe \breathe\ br=eth, v. i. imp.  p. p. breathed
   br=ethd; p. pr.  vb. n. breathing. from breath.
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   1. to respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "i
      am in health, i breathe." --shak.
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            breathes there a man with soul so dead
            who never to himself hath said,
            this is my own, my native land       --sir w. scott
                                                  the lay of
                                                  the last
                                                  minstrel.
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   2. to take breath; to rest from action.
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            well breathe awhile, and then to it again --shak.
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   3. to pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to
      emanate; to blow gently.
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            the air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --shak.
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            there breathes a living fragrance from the shore.
                                                  --byron.
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see also:
breathed breathing breath 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

breathing \breath"ing\, n.
   1. respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
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            subject to a difficulty of breathing. --melmoth.
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   2. air in gentle motion.
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   3. any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the
      breathings of the spirit.
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   4. aspiration; secret prayer. "earnest desires and breathings
      after that blessed state." --tillotson.
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   5. exercising; promotion of respiration.
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            here is a lady that wants breathing too;
            and i have heard, you knights of tyre
            are excellent in making ladies trip.  --shak.
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   6. utterance; communication or publicity by words.
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            i am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. --shak.
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   7. breathing place; vent. --dryden.
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   8. stop; pause; delay.
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            you shake the head at so long a breathing. --shak.
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   9. also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction
      of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when
      the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed
      by the letter h.
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   10. gr. gram. a mark to indicate aspiration or its absence.
       see rough breathing, smooth breathing, below.
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   breathing place.
       a a pause. "that caesura, or breathing place, in the
           midst of the verse." --sir p. sidney.
       b a vent.

   breathing time, pause; relaxation. --bp. hall.

   breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a
      short time. --shak.

   rough breathing spiritus asper spasp. see 2d
      asper, n.

   smooth breathing spiritus lenis, a mark ' indicating
      the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai ienai.
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see also:
rough breathing smooth breathing breathing place breathing time breathing while spiritus asper 
asper spiritus lenis 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

breathing
     adj : passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs
           normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was
           disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living
           breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on
           the telephone" syn: eupneic, eupnoeic ant: breathless
     n : the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process
         of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon
         dioxide by exhalation syn: external respiration, respiration,
          ventilation
see also:
eupneic eupnoeic breathless external respiration respiration ventilation 

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