What is "breathing" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does breathing mean in English? Meaning of breathing definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "breathing" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "breathing": the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Noun

  • Meaning: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
  • Synonyms: breathing external respiration respiration ventilation
  • Hyponyms: abdominal breathing artificial respiration cheyne-stokes respiration eupnea eupnoea heaving hyperpnea hyperventilation hypopnea panting periodic breathing second wind smoke smoking sniffle snivel snore snoring snuffle stertor wheeze
  • Hypernyms: activity bodily function bodily process body process
  • Part Holonyms: aspiration breathing in breathing out exhalation expiration inhalation inspiration intake
  • Meaning of "breathing": passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

    Adjective

  • Meaning: passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
  • Example: the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs the heavy-breathing person on the telephone
  • Synonyms: breathing eupneic eupnoeic
  • Antonyms: breathless dyspneal dyspneic dyspnoeal dyspnoeic
  • Similar: sweet-breathed
  • Synonyms:

    panting, respiratory, inhaling, gasping, wheezing, living, animate, functioning, awake, conscious,

    Antonyms:

    deceased, breathless, dead, lifeless, deceased, dead, breathless, lifeless,

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    breathing in English: breathing
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