breathe

/briːð/ verb [I, T]

Definition

› to take air into and out of your lungs: breathe in/out breathe deeply Doctors gave him oxygen to help him breathe. → See also be breathing down sb's neck → See also not breathe a word

(Definition of breathe verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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