breathe
verb [I] (WINE) /briːð/ specializedDefinition
› If you allow wine to breathe, you open the bottle for a short time before you drink from it, in order to improve the wine's flavour.Wines and winemaking
(Definition of breathe verb (WINE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- -bodied suffix (QUALITY)
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