I can hear the soft breathing.
Source: tatoeba (30174)
Breathing
//ˈbɹiːðɪŋ//
Synonyms for "breathing" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescapable of
2 entriescauses
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
causes desire
1 entriesderived
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derived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas prerequisite
9 entrieshas property
2 entrieshas subevent
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
is a
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesused for
40 entriesbringing air into bodybringing air into lungsbringing oxygen into lungscontrolling breathdramatic effectexchanging elements with environmentexhaling carbon dioxideexpelling carbon dioxidefilling lungsgetting air into lungsgetting air to lungsgetting oxygengetting oxygen into systemgetting oxygen to bloodgetting rid of carbon dioxidekeeping cells alive
Showing 16 of 40 words.
Translations
76 translations across 51 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- تنفس noun (act of respiration)
- تَنَفُس noun (act of respiration)
- نَفَس noun (act of respiration)
Armenian
1 entries- շնչառություն noun (act of respiration)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- nəfəs noun (act of respiration)
- tənəffüs noun (act of respiration)
Belarusian
1 entries- дыха́нне noun (act of respiration)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дишане noun (act of respiration)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- дыханя noun (act of respiration)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 呼吸 noun (act of respiration)
Czech
1 entries- dýchání noun (act of respiration)
Danish
2 entries- vejrtrækning noun (act of respiration)
- åndedræt noun (act of respiration)
Dutch
1 entries- ademhaling noun (act of respiration)
Esperanto
1 entries- spirado noun (act of respiration)
Estonian
1 entries- hingamine noun (act of respiration)
Finnish
2 entries- hengitys noun (act of respiration)
- henkäys noun (act of respiration)
French
1 entries- respiration noun (act of respiration)
Georgian
1 entries- სუნთქვა noun (act of respiration)
German
2 entries- Atmen noun (act of respiration)
- Atmung noun (act of respiration)
Greek
1 entries- αναπνοή noun (act of respiration)
Hindi
2 entries- श्वसन noun (act of respiration)
- साँस लेना noun (act of respiration)
Hungarian
2 entries- légzés noun (act of respiration)
- lélegzés noun (act of respiration)
Icelandic
1 entries- öndun noun (act of respiration)
Italian
1 entries- respirazione noun (act of respiration)
Japanese
1 entries- 呼吸 noun (act of respiration)
Kazakh
3 entries- дем noun (act of respiration)
- дем алу noun (act of respiration)
- тыныс алу noun (act of respiration)
Khmer
1 entries- ដង្ហើម noun (act of respiration)
Korean
1 entries- 호흡 noun (act of respiration)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- дем алуу noun (act of respiration)
- дем тартуу noun (act of respiration)
Macedonian
1 entries- дишење noun (act of respiration)
Malayalam
1 entries- ശ്വസനം noun (act of respiration)
Marathi
3 entries- श्वसन noun (act of respiration)
- श्वास noun (act of respiration)
- श्वासोच्छ्वास noun (act of respiration)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- henasedan noun (act of respiration)
Old English
1 entries- ǣþm noun (act of respiration)
Persian
2 entries- تنفس noun (act of respiration)
- نفس noun (act of respiration)
Polish
2 entries- oddech noun (act of respiration)
- oddychanie noun (act of respiration)
Portuguese
1 entries- respiração noun (act of respiration)
Romanian
1 entries- respirație noun (act of respiration)
Russian
1 entries- дыха́ние noun (act of respiration)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dísānje noun (act of respiration)
- dȁh noun (act of respiration)
- да̏х noun (act of respiration)
- ди́са̄ње noun (act of respiration)
Slovak
1 entries- dýchanie noun (act of respiration)
Slovene
1 entries- dihanje noun (act of respiration)
Spanish
1 entries- respiración noun (act of respiration)
Swahili
1 entries- upumuaji noun (act of respiration)
Swedish
1 entries- andning noun (act of respiration)
Tagalog
1 entries- paghinga noun (act of respiration)
Tajik
4 entries- дам noun (act of respiration)
- нафас noun (act of respiration)
- нафасгирӣ noun (act of respiration)
- нафаскашӣ noun (act of respiration)
Tamil
3 entries- உயிர்ப்பு noun (act of respiration)
- சுவாசம் noun (act of respiration)
- மூச்சு noun (act of respiration)
Thai
1 entries- การหายใจ noun (act of respiration)
Turkish
2 entries- nefes almak noun (act of respiration)
- solumak noun (act of respiration)
Ukrainian
1 entries- диха́ння noun (act of respiration)
Uzbek
2 entries- dam noun (act of respiration)
- nafas noun (act of respiration)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự hô hấp noun (act of respiration)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- wan-ang-goon noun (act of respiration)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).
Source: tatoeba (62348)
The seals surface more frequently then, so a bear's chance of catching one at a breathing hole is greater after nightfall.
Source: tatoeba (71864)
When dreams begin, breathing becomes irregular and less deep.
Source: tatoeba (139685)
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