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How to pronounce breathe in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms emit, pass off
Type of exhaust, release, eject, discharge, expel
Has types exhale, radiate, eruct, belch, emanate, give forth, bubble, burp, force out
Type Words
Synonyms catch one's breath, rest, take a breather
Type of intermit, break, pause
Derivation breather, breathing
Type Words
Synonyms respire, suspire, take a breath
Has types yawn, breathe in, breathe out, choke, exhale, expire, hiccough, hiccup, hyperventilate, inhale, inspire, respire, saw logs, saw wood, sigh, snore, suspire, wheeze
Verb group respire
Derivation breather, breathing


I can breathe better when the air is clean.
Type Words
Type of be


Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear.
Type Words
Type of survive, subsist, live, exist


Every creature that breathes.
Type Words
Type of transfuse, instill


He breathed new life into the old house.
Type Words
Type of convey


She breathes the Christian spirit.
Type Words
Type of oxidize, oxidise, oxidate


This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours.
Type Words
Type of utter, verbalize, express, give tongue to, verbalise


not breathe a word.

Examples of breathe

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A crowd of 43,926 tried to breathe life in a team that had won 61 games at home.
From the stltoday.com
You panic and struggle to breathe and the current can sweep you away in moments.
From the yorkpress.co.uk
Yes, three points will make everyone breathe easier and feel a whole lot better.
From the expressandstar.com
At least once a year, he winds up in an emergency room because he can't breathe.
From the stltoday.com
Allow tension to move through you and out of you and remember to breathe deeply.
From the sacbee.com
He can barely breathe without some blowhard critiquing his inhalation technique.
From the time.com
Breathe out all the negativity that weighs heavy in your head and on your heart.
From the edition.cnn.com
A lot of people are getting out of New York this weekend to breathe fresher air.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I sat behind her putting pressure on her lower back, trying to help her breathe.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
More examples
  • Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
  • Be alive; "Every creature that breathes"
  • Impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"
  • Allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
  • Utter or tell; "not breathe a word"
  • Manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit"
  • The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd, and was released in March 1973. ...
  • I-Empire (or I, Empire) is the second studio album by alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves. It was officially released worldwide on November 6, 2007 from the Angels & Airwaves website, where it was available for download. ...
  • "Breathe" is a song by American recording artist Blu Cantrell from her second studio album, Bittersweet (2003). A remixed version featuring Sean Paul was released as a single in 2003.