Breathing

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Stop; pause; delay.

II. Breathing ·noun Air in gentle motion.

III. Breathing ·noun Breathing place; vent.

IV. Breathing ·noun Aspiration; secret prayer.

V. Breathing ·noun Exercising; promotion of respiration.

VI. Breathing ·noun Utterance; communication or publicity by words.

VII. Breathing ·noun Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.

VIII. Breathing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Breathe.

IX. Breathing ·noun Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.

X. Breathing ·noun A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. ·see Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.

XI. Breathing ·noun Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, ·etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.