Breathe

//bɹiːð//

Synonyms for "breathe" (330 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (99)

cough crow dangle decoct deliver demonstrate denote develop disclose display divulgate divulge dramatize draw breath draw in drawl dredge dye embody emit a smell

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Verb(3 words)

draw breath emit inbreathe

Related words (165)

let next to let out lie by lilt lip live live and breathe maffle make a show of make clear make known make plain manifest mark materialize mean mention privately move mumble murmur

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mussitate mutter nose obtain occur out with pant parade pause penetrate perform permeate pervade phonate phrase pipe point to pour forth present prevail produce pronounce publish puff put forth put hep put in words put next to raise recess reek refer refer to represent rest reveal roar roll out rumble rumor saturate say scent scream screech season set forth show show forth show signs of shriek sibilate sigh signalize signify sing slurp smell smell of snap snarl sneeze sniff sniffle snore snort snuff snuff in snuffle sob sound speak speak for itself speak volumes spell spotlight squall squawk squeal stand stand for steep stink stop for breath subsist suck suck in suckle suffuse suggest susurrate symbolize symptomatize take a break take a recess take a rest take aside take breath take five take ten take time out tell tell confidentially temper tend to show throw off thunder tincture tinge tip tip off token transfuse trot out trumpet twang unfold utter vent ventilate verbalize vocalize voice wail walk the earth warble wave wheeze whiff whine whisper word yap yawp yell yelp yield an odor

Verb(8 words)

live and breathe pass off rest sough spire take a breath take a breather waft

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

16 relation types

More general

27 entries

act be break convey discharge eject exhaust exist expel express give tongue to instill intermit live move oxidate

Showing 16 of 27 words.

More specific

33 entries

aspirate blow breathe hard breathe in breathe out cough exhale expire gasp gulp hiccup huff hyperventilate hypoventilate imbreathe inhale

Showing 16 of 33 words.

Synonyms

3 entries

emit respire rest

Related terms

27 entries

and sleep as I live and breathe bad breath breath breathability breathable breathe a sigh of relief breathe a word breathe down someone's neck breathe easy catch one's breath don't hold your breath draw one's last breath eat exhalation in the same breath

Showing 16 of 27 words.

derived

40 entries

airbreathing as I live and breathe breathable breathe a sigh of relief breathe a word breathe again breathe back to life breathe down someone's neck breathe easy breathe freely breathe in breathe new life into breathe one's last breathe one's last breath breathe out breathe upon

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derived from

1 entries

breath

entails

2 entries

exhale inhale

etymologically related_to

1 entries

breath

has first_subevent

6 entries

expand diapraghm expand lungs feel refreshed inhale lower diaphragm take air into body

has last_subevent

5 entries

exhale exhale air from lungs expire finish prior breath relaxing

has prerequisite

31 entries

alive avoid asthma attacks avoid pollution clear nose exhale expand lungs go to air have air around have clear airway have open mouth or nose have oxygen inhale inhale and exhale inhale exhale then repeat inhale oxygen inhale then exhale

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has subevent

13 entries

air goes into lungs blood receives oxygen exhale expanding lungs inhailing air inhale inhaling lungs fill with air may smell onions oxigenate body people smell breath wheeze would exhale

manner of

6 entries

be convey exist express instill oxidize

motivated by_goal

16 entries

air body requires air breathing essential for life human body relies on oxygen if don't would die involuntary like fresh country air live need air need oxygen need oxygen to live oxygen oxygen good oxygern stay alive want to live

related to

15 entries

air breath breathable breathless excrete exhale expel exude impression inhale live lung oxygen rest whisper

similar

1 entries

respire

Translations

301 translations across 135 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аԥсыԥлагаҩагара verb (to draw air in and out)

Acehnese

1 entries

naphah verb (to draw air in and out)

Afrikaans

2 entries

asem verb (to draw air in and out)
asemhaal verb (to draw air in and out)

Aklanon

1 entries

ginhawa verb (to draw air in and out)

Albanian

1 entries

marr frymë verb (to draw air in and out)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πνέω verb (to draw air in and out)

Arabic

1 entries

تَنَفَّسَ verb (to draw air in and out)

Armenian

1 entries

շնչել verb (to draw air in and out)

Aromanian

2 entries

adilju verb (to draw air in and out)
suflu verb (to draw air in and out)

Assamese

1 entries

উশাহ লোৱা verb (to draw air in and out)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܢܵܦ̮ܹܫ verb (to draw air in and out)

Asturian

1 entries

respirar verb (to draw air in and out)

Avar

1 entries

хӏухьел цӏазе verb (to draw air in and out)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

nəfəs almaq verb (to draw air in and out)

Belarusian

1 entries

ды́хаць verb (to draw air in and out)

Bengali

2 entries

দম নেওয়া verb (to draw air in and out)
শ্বাস ফেলা verb (to draw air in and out)

Bikol Central

1 entries

hangos verb (to draw air in and out)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вдишвам verb (to draw into lungs)
вдъхвам verb (to draw into lungs)
ди́шам verb (to draw air in and out)
живея verb (figuratively: to live)

Burmese

1 entries

ရှူ verb (to draw air in and out)

Catalan

3 entries

alenar verb (to draw air in and out)
respirar verb (to draw air in and out)
respirar verb (to exchange gases in similar way)

Cebuano

1 entries

ginhawa verb (to draw air in and out)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

ⵙⵙⵓⵏⴼⵙ verb (to draw air in and out)

Chechen

1 entries

садеӏа verb (to draw air in and out)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎧᏬᎳᏕᎠ verb (to draw air in and out)

Chickasaw

4 entries

foyopa verb (to draw air in and out)
foyopa verb (to use gas to sustain life)
foyopa verb (to draw into lungs)
foyopa verb (to stop and catch one's breath)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

吸 verb (to draw air in and out)
呼吸 verb (to draw air in and out)

Church Slavic

1 entries

дꙑхати verb (to draw air in and out)

Czech

1 entries

dýchat verb (to draw air in and out)

Danish

2 entries

trække vejret verb (to draw air in and out)
ånde verb (to draw air in and out)

Dutch

4 entries

ademen verb (to draw air in and out)
ademen verb (to whisper quietly)
ademhalen verb (to draw air in and out)
asemen verb (to draw air in and out)

Erzya

1 entries

лексемс verb (to draw air in and out)

Esperanto

1 entries

spiri verb (to draw air in and out)

Estonian

1 entries

hingama verb (to draw air in and out)

Faroese

1 entries

anda verb (to draw air in and out)

Finnish

4 entries

antaa hengähtää verb (to give an opportunity to catch breath)
elää ja hengittää verb ((figurative) to be passionately devoted to)
hengittää verb (to draw air in and out)
hengittää verb (to exchange gases in similar way)

French

4 entries

expirer verb (to draw air in and out)
inspirer verb (to draw air in and out)
reprendre son souffle verb (to stop and catch one's breath)
respirer verb (to draw air in and out)

Galician

4 entries

alentar verb (to draw air in and out)
bafexar verb (to draw air in and out)
folguexar verb (to draw air in and out)
respirar verb (to draw air in and out)

Georgian

1 entries

სუნთქვა verb (to draw air in and out)

German

3 entries

atmen verb (to draw air in and out)
einatmen verb (to draw into lungs)
hauchen verb (to whisper quietly)

Greek

1 entries

αναπνέω verb (to draw air in and out)

Greenlandic

1 entries

anersaarpoq verb (to draw air in and out)

Hebrew

3 entries

נָשַׁם verb (to draw air in and out)
נשם verb (to exchange gases in similar way)
נשם verb (to draw into lungs)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

ginhawa verb (to draw air in and out)

Hindi

1 entries

सांस लेना verb (to draw air in and out)

Hungarian

4 entries

belehel verb (to draw into lungs)
belélegez verb (to use gas to sustain life)
belélegez verb (to draw into lungs)
beszív verb (to draw into lungs)

Icelandic

1 entries

anda verb (to draw air in and out)

Ido

1 entries

respirar verb (to draw air in and out)

Ilocano

1 entries

aganges verb (to draw air in and out)

Indonesian

1 entries

bernafas verb (to draw air in and out)

Irish

2 entries

análaigh verb (to draw air in and out)
riospráid verb (to draw air in and out)

Italian

2 entries

respirare verb (to draw air in and out)
respirare verb (to exchange gases in similar way)

Itza'

1 entries

mus ikʼ verb (to draw air in and out)

Japanese

4 entries

ささやく verb (to whisper quietly)
吐く verb (to draw air in and out)
吸い込む verb (to draw air in and out)
吸い込む verb (to draw into lungs)

Kapampangan

1 entries

isnaua verb (to draw air in and out)

Kashubian

1 entries

dëchac verb (to draw air in and out)

Kazakh

1 entries

дем алу verb (to draw air in and out)

Khmer

1 entries

ដកដង្ហើម verb (to draw air in and out)

Kinaray-a

1 entries

ginhawa verb (to draw air in and out)

Korean

4 entries

마시다 verb (to draw air in and out)
숨쉬다 verb (to draw air in and out)
숨을 쉬다 verb (to draw air in and out)
호흡(呼吸)하다 verb (to draw air in and out)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

дем алуу verb (to draw air in and out)

Ladino

1 entries

respirar verb (to draw air in and out)

Lao

1 entries

ຫາຍໃຈ verb (to draw air in and out)

Latin

3 entries

hālō verb (to draw air in and out)
respīrō verb (to draw air in and out)
spīrō verb (to draw air in and out)

Latvian

1 entries

elpot verb (to draw air in and out)

Laz

1 entries

შვანუმს verb (to draw air in and out)

Lingala

1 entries

kopema verb (to draw air in and out)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kvėpuoti verb (to draw air in and out)

Low German

2 entries

aten verb (to draw air in and out)
aten verb (to draw air in and out)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

dychaś verb (to draw air in and out)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

ootmen verb (to draw air in and out)

Macedonian

1 entries

дише verb (to draw air in and out)

Malay

3 entries

bernafas verb (to draw air in and out)
bernyawa verb (figuratively: to live)
hirup verb (to draw air in and out)

Mam

1 entries

xewil verb (to draw air in and out)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᠠᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to draw air in and out)

Middle French

1 entries

respirer verb (to draw air in and out)

Mongolian

1 entries

амьсгалах verb (to draw air in and out)

Māori

3 entries

ngā verb (to draw air in and out)
whakangā verb (to draw air in and out)
ānene verb (to draw air in and out)

Nepali

1 entries

सास फेर्नु verb (to draw air in and out)

Norman

2 entries

respither verb (to draw air in and out)
respither verb (to exchange gases in similar way)

North Frisian

2 entries

locht haale verb (to draw air in and out)
öösme verb (to draw air in and out)

Northern Sami

1 entries

vuoiŋŋadit verb (to draw air in and out)

Norwegian

2 entries

puste verb (to draw air in and out)
ånde verb (to draw air in and out)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

puste ut verb (to stop and catch one's breath)
trekke pusten verb (to stop and catch one's breath)

Occitan

1 entries

respirar verb (to draw air in and out)

Old English

2 entries

orþian verb (to draw air in and out)
ēþian verb (to draw air in and out)

Old French

1 entries

respirer verb (to draw air in and out)

Old Spanish

1 entries

respirar verb (to draw air in and out)

Ossetian

1 entries

улӕфын verb (to draw air in and out)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

صولومق verb (to draw air in and out)

Pangasinan

1 entries

linawa verb (to draw air in and out)

Papiamentu

2 entries

hala rosea verb (to draw air in and out)
respirá verb (to draw air in and out)

Pashto

1 entries

ساکښل verb (to draw air in and out)

Persian

1 entries

نفس کشیدن verb (to draw air in and out)

Polish

4 entries

oddychać verb (to draw air in and out)
oddychać verb (to exchange gases in similar way)
oddychać swobodnie verb (figuratively: to live)
odetchnąć verb (to draw air in and out)

Portuguese

4 entries

cochichar verb (to whisper quietly)
murmurar verb (to whisper quietly)
resfolegar verb (to stop and catch one's breath)
respirar verb (to draw air in and out)

Q'anjob'al

1 entries

jiq’a’ verb (to draw air in and out)

Quechua

3 entries

mutkhiy verb (to draw into lungs)
samay verb (to draw into lungs)
samay verb (to stop and catch one's breath)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

haa verb (to draw air in and out)

Romanian

1 entries

respira verb (to draw air in and out)

Romansch

1 entries

respirar verb (to draw air in and out)

Russian

4 entries

вдохну́ть verb (to draw into lungs)
вдыха́ть verb (to draw into lungs)
ве́ять verb (to exchange gases with the environment)
вы́дохнуть verb (to expel air from the lungs)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dihati verb (to draw air in and out)
disati verb (to draw air in and out)
дисати verb (to draw air in and out)
дихати verb (to draw air in and out)

Sinhalese

1 entries

හුස්ම ගන්නවා verb (to draw air in and out)

Slovak

4 entries

dýchať verb (to draw air in and out)
dýchať verb (to exchange gases in similar way)
dýchať verb (to use gas to sustain life)
dýchať verb (figuratively: to live)

Slovene

4 entries

dahniti verb (to whisper quietly)
dihati verb (to draw air in and out)
dihati verb (to exchange gases in similar way)
dihati verb (figuratively: to live)

Somali

1 entries

neefsasho verb (to draw air in and out)

Spanish

2 entries

respirar verb (to draw air in and out)
respirar verb (to exchange gases in similar way)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

bro verb (to draw air in and out)

Sundanese

1 entries

ambekan verb (to draw air in and out)

Swahili

1 entries

pumua verb (to draw air in and out)

Swedish

4 entries

andas verb (to draw air in and out)
andas verb (to exchange gases in similar way)
andas verb (figuratively: to live)
andas in verb (to draw into lungs)

Tagalog

1 entries

huminga verb (to draw air in and out)

Tajik

1 entries

нафас кашидан verb (to draw air in and out)

Tamil

2 entries

சுவாசி verb (to draw air in and out)
மூச்சுவிடு verb (to draw air in and out)

Tarantino

1 entries

respirà verb (to draw air in and out)

Thai

1 entries

หายใจ verb (to draw air in and out)

Tibetan

1 entries

དབུགས་རྒྱག verb (to draw air in and out)

Turkish

2 entries

nefes alıp vermek verb (to draw air in and out)
solumak verb (to draw air in and out)

Turkmen

1 entries

dem almak verb (to draw air in and out)

Tuvan

1 entries

тынар verb (to draw air in and out)

Tày

1 entries

au châư verb (to draw air in and out)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ди́хати verb (to draw air in and out)

Urdu

1 entries

سانس لینا verb (to draw air in and out)

Uyghur

2 entries

نەپەس ئالماق verb (to draw air in and out)
نەپەسلەنمەك verb (to draw air in and out)

Uzbek

1 entries

nafas olmoq verb (to draw air in and out)

Vietnamese

2 entries

hô hấp verb (to draw air in and out)
thở verb (to draw air in and out)

Volapük

1 entries

natemön verb (to draw air in and out)

Walloon

1 entries

respirer verb (to draw air in and out)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

ginhawa verb (to draw air in and out)

Welsh

3 entries

anadlu verb (to draw air in and out)
anadlu verb (to exchange gases in similar way)
anadlu verb (to draw into lungs)

West-Frisian

1 entries

sykhelje verb (to draw air in and out)

White Hmong

1 entries

ua pa verb (to draw air in and out)

Yiddish

1 entries

אָטעמען verb (to draw air in and out)

Zealandic

1 entries

aeseme verb (to draw air in and out)

Zhuang

1 entries

diemheiq verb (to draw air in and out)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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When you breathe out in cold weather, you can see your breath.

Source: tatoeba (21164)

The concert hall was so jam-packed there wasn't room to breathe.

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The very air we breathe is polluted with smog from the factory chimneys.

Source: tatoeba (23434)

Sometimes machines can make an unconscious person breathe for years.

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Breathe

Synonyms for "breathe" (330 found)

Closest matches (66)

Strong matches (99)

Related words (165)

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entails

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has prerequisite

has subevent

manner of

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related to

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Translations

Abkhaz

Acehnese

Afrikaans

Aklanon

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Asturian

Avar

Azerbaijani

Belarusian

Bengali

Bikol Central

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Atlas Tamazight

Chechen

Cherokee

Chickasaw

Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Erzya

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Hebrew

Hiligaynon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Ilocano

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Itza'

Japanese

Kapampangan

Kashubian

Kazakh

Khmer