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breathe

verb [I or T] (AIR)
 
 
/briːð/

Definition

B1 to move air into and out of the lungs: It's so airless in here - I can hardly breathe. The instructor told us to breathe in deeply and then breathe out slowly. I'm sorry if I'm breathing (= blowing out air containing) garlic fumes all over you!Breathing and stopping breathing
(Definition of breathe verb (AIR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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