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Word Meanings - BREATHFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.

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  • 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.

 

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