Word Direct Answers

What does "pant" mean?

Pant: Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope.
  2. 3.To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. Spenser.
  3. 4.To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. Pope.
  4. 5.To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish. Shelley.
  5. 6.To long for; to be eager after. [R.] Then shall our hearts pant thee. Herbert.
  6. 7.A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. Drayton.
  7. 8.A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak.

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