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Antonyms for Breathe
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  1. breathe, take a breath, respire, suspireverb

    draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

    "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, sigh, take a breath, breathe, take a breather, rest

  2. breatheverb

    be alive

    "Every creature that breathes"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  3. breatheverb

    impart as if by breathing

    "He breathed new life into the old house"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  4. breatheverb

    allow the passage of air through

    "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  5. breatheverb

    utter or tell

    "not breathe a word"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  6. breatheverb

    manifest or evince

    "She breathes the Christian spirit"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  7. rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breatherverb

    take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

    Synonyms:
    take a breather, stay, respire, emit, perch, pass off, breathe, suspire, rest, repose, lie, remain, reside, catch one's breath, take a breath, pillow, roost

  8. breatheverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  9. emit, breathe, pass offverb

    expel (gases or odors)

    Synonyms:
    evanesce, take a breather, fleet, fall out, respire, go on, hap, let loose, fade, blow over, pass off, breathe, let out, suspire, rest, happen, emit, take place, occur, give off, utter, catch one's breath, take a breath, pass, come about, give out

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  1. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    respire, inhale and exhale, infuse, wheeze, suspire, sigh, gasp, pant, aspirate, exhale, emit

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. BREATHE

    Synonyms:
    Base Rest Rate Elevation for Sleep Apnea Therapy

How to use Breathe in a sentence?

  1. Joe Biden:

    Your state motto is, While I breathe, I hope, its not a joke. Were breathing, but God, we have got to have hope.

  2. Mickey Mehta:

    Humans worldwide speak different languages and animals speak the same. Animals remain anonymous and humans after self branding still ask what's in a name. If only we could become more carefree about our identities ensconced in our egos, we would be relaxed and be more dis-ease free. Be carefree and immunize, breathe in liberty & MickeyMize.

  3. Kathy Lien:

    In fact with average hourly earnings on the rise and payrolls increasing more than expected, chances are the report will breathe new life into the dollar.

  4. E. D. Hirsch, Jr.:

    We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education ... We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is the oxygen of social intercourse.

  5. Jack Harkema:

    Protecting the public's health from dangerous amounts of pollutants in the air that we all breathe is the mandate of this agency, this can not be done without careful, deliberate and knowledgeable understanding [ of ] this complex environmental health issue. Multidisciplinary teams of scientific experts must be free to conduct thorough peer-review of the pertinent science. Millions of lives are at stake.

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