What is the meaning of breathing?

noun

• The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation.
  • synonyms: external respiration, respiration, ventilation

verb

• Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.
  • usage: "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
  • synonyms: breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
• Be alive.
  • usage: "Every creature that breathes"
  • synonyms: breathe
• Impart as if by breathing.
  • usage: "He breathed new life into the old house"
  • synonyms: breathe
• Allow the passage of air through.
  • usage: "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
  • synonyms: breathe
• Utter or tell.
  • usage: "not breathe a word"
  • synonyms: breathe
• Manifest or evince.
  • usage: "She breathes the Christian spirit"
  • synonyms: breathe
• Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax.
  • synonyms: rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather
• 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"
  • synonyms: breathe
• Expel (gases or odors.
  • synonyms: emit, breathe, pass off

adjective

• Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination.
  • usage: "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone"
  • synonyms: eupneic, eupnoeic