breathing
breathing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Air in gentle motion.
- 2.Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.
- 3.Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state." Tillotson.
- 4.Exercising; promotion of respiration. Here is a lady that wants breathing too; And I have heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making ladies trip. Shak.
- 5.Utterance; communication or publicity by words. I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. Shak.
- 6.Breathing place; vent. Dryden.
- 7.Stop; pause; delay. You shake the head at so long a breathing. Shak.
- 8.Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.
- 9.(Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below. Breathing place. (a) A pause. "That cæsura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse." Sir P. Sidney. (b) A vent. -- Breathing time, pause; relaxation. Bp. Hall. -- Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time. Shak. -- Rough breathing (spiritus asper) (. See 2d Asper, n. -- Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai).
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accent
- acoustics
- and
- aspirate
- audibility
- audible
- bed
- best
- breath
- cadence
- cease
- cessation
- chair
- day
- diacoustics
- diaphonics
- distinct
- down
- ease
- easy
- emit
- ever
- fallow
- give
- halt
- hand
- have
- holiday
- inaction
- intonation
- lie
- make
- men
- nature
- noise
- non
- our
- out
- pause
- people
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is breathing.
- What is any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit called?
- What is aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state." Tillotson called?
- What is exercising; promotion of respiration. Here is a lady that wants breathing too; And I have heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making ladies trip. Shak called?
- What is utterance; communication or publicity by words. I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. Shak called?
- What is stop; pause; delay. You shake the head at so long a breathing. Shak called?
- What is also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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