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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

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

breathing noun

  /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/ , /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The act of respiration; (countable) a single instance of this.
 hengitys, henkäys
breathe easy
puhaltaa
breathe down someone's neck
hengittää jonkun niskaan
breathe a word
hiiskua sanallakaan
breathe in
hengittää
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