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To have existence
“I have loved the University of Oxford with a deep and passionate love, and as long as I breathe, that attachment will continue.”
To take air into the lungs and then expel it
“She holds the client steady and asks him to breathe deeply.”
To give an impression of
“The room seemed to breathe the air of a different era.”
To imbue with a quality
“The uprising can be seen as a last-ditch effort to breathe life into a fading revolutionary tradition.”
To say something, especially to divulge information
“Do not breathe a word about our conversation to anyone.”
(literary) To blow softly with the sound of a passing wind
“Let the howling wind breathe through the great banks of wood-louvered doors.”
To pant or breathe hard or with difficulty
To speak in a low or barely audible voice
To emanate a feeling or quality through one's expression or bearing
To emanate a feeling or quality through one's expression or bearing
To gasp or utter with effort
To tell someone about, or trust someone with, a secret or private matter
To inhale and exhale smoke from a lit substance
To awaken from a period of death, unconsciousness or dormancy
To emanate a feeling or quality through one's expression or bearing
To throw or give off (gas, light, etc.)
To discern by the sense of smell
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