单词 | outbreathe |
释义 | outbreathev. 1. transitive. To breathe out; to emit as breath. Now poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (transitive)] fnastc1400 to breathe out1556 outbreathe1563 aspire1575 exhale1589 expire1590 expirate1615 spirate1649 spire1649 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. sig. Rii Outbrething nought but discord euery where. 1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 9 Not easely to be outbreathed by vapour. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. iv. 17 This young man out-breathed his last within few houres after. a1783 H. Brooke Poet. Wks. (1792) I. 423 The hounds outbreath'd from their late tuneful throat. 1833 E. B. Browning Prometheus Bound in Prometheus Bound & Misc. Poems 23 The headlong thunderbolt out-breathing fire. 1866 J. Conington tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 266 Cacus in his robber-lair Outbreathing smoke and flame. 1926 G. W. Russell Om in Coll. Poems 155 The word which Brahma at his dawn Outbreathes. 1964 Trees Summer–Autumn 28 Those, who like the Trees, in quiet grow, Outbreath their peace, and shed a restful glow. 2. intransitive. To exhale; to come out as steam or breath. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (intransitive)] breathea1382 spirea1382 blazec1384 inspire1513 tuff?1553 to breathe out1576 huff1582 expire1633 outbreathe1638 aspirec1750 exhale1863 1638 S. Marmion Cupid & Psiche i. iii At last reviv'd, having her selfe upheav'd, With fainting voyce, thus half her words out breathd. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaaaa/1 No smoak, nor steam out-breathing from the kitchen? a1851 D. M. Moir Lament of Selim i The flowers outbreathe beneath my feet. 1904 J. Payne Hamid Luckless 12 Jasmine and musk outbreathing from its stores Of midwood sweets. 1998 Observer (Nexis) 7 June 44 Outbreathe for effort, don't overbreathe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1563 |
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