Synonyms:
breathe, take_a_breath, respire, suspire
Meaning: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
Synonyms:
breathe
Meaning: be alive; "Every creature that breathes"
Synonyms:
breathe
Meaning: impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"
Usage examples
"Here I can breathe and live.
Cosette did not take time to breathe.
Mr. Milburgh began to breathe heavily.
You could almost see the world breathe.
All the same, we were afraid to breathe.
She stopped a moment, unable to breathe.
"Air to breathe and food to sustain are presupposed.
They scarcely dared breathe until it was safe in their own room.
He paused for a moment to breathe, and sprang on to complete his task.
Note the way you breathe when lying flat on the back, undressed in bed.