What is the meaning of breathed?

verb

  • Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.
    • usage: "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
  • Be alive.
    • usage: "Every creature that breathes"
  • Impart as if by breathing.
    • usage: "He breathed new life into the old house"
  • Allow the passage of air through.
    • usage: "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
  • Utter or tell.
    • usage: "not breathe a word"
  • Manifest or evince.
    • usage: "She breathes the Christian spirit"
  • Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax.
  • Reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked.
    • usage: "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"
  • Expel (gases or odors.

adjective

  • Uttered without voice.
    • usage: "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
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