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Verb breathe has 9 senses

breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

Derived forms: noun breather₂, noun breathing₁
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breathe - be alive; "Every creature that breathes"
--₂ is one way to exist, survive, live, subsist
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Somebody ----s
breathe - impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"
--₃ is one way to instill, transfuse
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Somebody ----s something PP
breathe - allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
--₄ is one way to be
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breathe - utter or tell; "not breathe a word"
--₅ is one way to express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
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breathe - manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit"
--₆ is one way to convey, impart
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Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather - take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
--₇ is one way to pause, intermit, break

Derived forms: noun breather₁, noun breathing₁
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue breathe
breathe - reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"
--₈ is one way to oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
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emit, breathe, pass off - expel (gases or odors)
--₉ is one way to discharge, expel, eject, release
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something