Breathe | Mean of breathe in English Dictionary

/ˈbriːð/

• Verb
• to move air into and out of your lungs
1. Relax and breathe deeply.
2. He was breathing hard from running.
3. The patient suddenly stopped breathing.
4. I can hardly breathe with all this smoke.
5. He wants to live where he can breathe clean/fresh air.
• to send (something) out from your lungs through your mouth or nose
1. a dragon that breathes fire
2. breathing out [=exhaling] carbon dioxide
3. He breathed [=blew] on the glass and wiped it clean.
4. Breathe out through your nose.
• to take (something) into your lungs through your mouth or nose
1. You shouldn't be breathing [=inhaling] those fumes.
2. People usually contract the virus by breathing contaminated air.
3. You shouldn't be breathing in those fumes.
4. Breathe deeply and then exhale.
5. Breathe in through your nose.

• to be alive
1. I'll never give up as long as I'm still breathing.
2. a living, breathing human being
• to pause and rest before continuing
1. We had barely stopped to breathe before we were on the go again.
• to bring (something) into a thing
1. City leaders hope the project will breathe vitality/energy into the downtown.
2. Their leadership breathed new life into the movement. [=gave new energy to the movement]
• to feel able to think or act freely
1. I need some room to breathe. = I need some breathing room/space.
• to allow air to pass through
1. a fabric that breathes
• to be cooled or refreshed by air that passes through clothing
1. Cotton clothing lets your skin breathe.
• to say (something) very quietly
1. “It's beautiful,” she breathed.
2. Don't breathe a word of/about this to anyone! [=do not say anything about this to anyone]
• to develop a better flavor because of contact with air
1. Open the bottle a few minutes before you want to drink it so that the wine can breathe.
• to relax because something you have been worrying about is not a problem or danger anymore
1. We all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard that they were safe.
• to chase after someone closely
1. The cops were breathing down our necks.
• to watch someone carefully and constantly
1. His parents are always breathing down his neck.
• to feel relief from pressure, danger, etc.
1. I'll breathe easier once this whole ordeal is over.
2. You can breathe easy knowing that your children are safe.