Word Meanings - BREATHFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.
Related words: (words related to BREATHFUL)
- BREATHE
Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. - FRAGRANT
fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton. Syn. -- Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; - BREATHLESS
1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. 2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow - BREATHABLE
Such as can be breathed. - BREATHER
1. One who breathes. Hence: One who lives. One who utters. One who animates or inspires. 2. That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. - BREATHING
1. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth. 2. Air in gentle motion. 3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit. 4. Aspiration; secret prayer. - BREATHLESSLY
In a breathless manner. - BREATHLESSNESS
The state of being breathless or out of breath. - BREATH
OHG. bradam steam, vapor, breath, G. brodem, and possibly E. Brawn, 1. The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration, air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc. Melted - BREATHFUL
Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. - BREATHABLENESS
State of being breathable. - UPBREATHE
To breathe up or out; to exhale. Marston. - INBREATHE
To infuse by breathing; to inspire. Coleridge. - REBREATHE
To breathe again. - LONG-BREATHED
Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long- winded. - EMBREATHEMENT
The act of breathing in; inspiration. The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. W. Lee. - INFRAGRANT
Not fragrant. - SHORT-BREATHED
1. Having short-breath, or quick respiration. 2. Having short life. - INCENSEBREATHING; INCENSE-BREATHING
Breathing or exhaling incense. "Incense-breathing morn." Gray. - WATER BREATHER
Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills. - OUTBREATHE
1. To breathe forth. "Outbreathed life." Spenser. 2. To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust. Shak.