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breath

noun
/bɹɛθ/US/bɹeθ/

Etymology

From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”) (compare German Brodem (“haze, vapor; breath”), of a different but related formation).

  1. inherited from *brāþi✻
  2. inherited from brǣþ
  3. inherited from breeth

Definitions

  1. The act or process of breathing.

    • I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.
    • The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.

  2. A single act of breathing in or out

    A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

    • I took a deep breath and started the test.

  3. Air expelled from the lungs.

    • I could feel the runner's breath on my shoulder.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A rest or pause.

      • Let's stop for a breath when we get to the top of the hill.

    2. A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.

      • Even with all the windows open, there is hardly a breath of air in here.
      • If she had a breath of common sense, she would never have spoken to the man in the first place.

    3. Fragrance

      Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.

      • Autumn[…]Who wakenest with thy balmy breath
      • the breath of flowers

    4. Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

      • an after dinner's breath

    5. voiceless, surd

      voiceless, surd; contrasting with voice (breath sounds, voice sounds)

    6. Misspelling of breathe.

      • In the polar regions one finds dark cold waters with few places to breath.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at breath. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01breath02breathing03respiration04inhaling05inhalation06inbreathing07inbreathe

A definitional loop anchored at breath. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at breath

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA