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breathing noun

  /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/ , /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The act of respiration; (countable) a single instance of this.
 hengitys, 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

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
rough breathing
spiritus asper, vahva henkäys
smooth breathing
heikko henkäys, spiritus lenis
labored breathing
työläs hengitys
circular breathing
kiertoilmahengitys
mouth breathing
hengittäminen suun kautta, suuhengitys
nasal breathing
hengittäminen nenän kautta, nenähengitys
abdominal breathing
palleahengitys
diaphragmatic breathing
palleahengitys
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