breath

Forms

Plural: breaths

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.Air expelled from the lungs.
- I could feel the runner's breath on my shoulder.
2.A rest or pause.
- Let's stop for a breath when we get to the top of the hill.
3.The act or process of breathing.
- The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.
- I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.
4.A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
- I took a deep breath and started the test.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.Misspelling of breathe.
- In the polar regions one finds dark cold waters with few places to breath.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.voiceless, surd; contrasting with voice (breath sounds, voice sounds)

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1751

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Uncommon
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Common

Related words

Word family

breathing

Etymology

From Middle English breeth, breth

From Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”)

From Proto-West Germanic *brāþi (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”) (compare German Brodem (“haze, vapor; breath”), of a different but related formation).

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.