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breath noun

  /bɹɛθ/
  • (countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
 hengitys, henkäys
  • (uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
 hengitys, uloshengitys
  • (countable) A rest or pause.
 hengähdystauko, tauko
  • A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
 henkäys

breathe verb

  /bɹið/ , /bɹiːð/
  • (intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
 hengittää, hengittää sisään, hengittää ulos
  • (intransitive) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
  • (transitive) To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
  • (intransitive, figurative) To live.
  • (intransitive) To exchange gases with the environment.
 hengittää
  • (transitive) To draw something into the lungs.
 hengittää, hengittää sisään
  • (transitive) To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
 antaa hengähtää
  • (transitive, figurative) To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
 elää ja hengittää
  • To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
 elää ja hengittää, henkäillä, kuiskata hiljaa
  • (intransitive, now, rare) To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.
 hengähtää
  • (transitive) To give an impression of, to exude.
 henkiä
  • (transitive) To whisper quietly.
 kuiskata hiljaa

breathing noun

  /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/ , /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The act of respiration; (countable) a single instance of this.
 hengitys, henkäys
hold one's breath
pidättää, pidättää hengitystään
baby's breath
raunikki
catch one's breath
haukkoa henkeä, hengähtää
shortness of breath
hengenahdistus, hengitysvaikeus
with bated breath
henkeä pidätellen
out of breath
hengästynyt
bad breath
pahanhajuinen hengitys
breath test
puhalluskoe
waste breath
puhua joutavia
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