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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024breath•ing (brē′ᵺing),USA pronunciation n. - the act of a person or other animal that breathes;
respiration. - a single breath.
- the short time required for a single breath.
- a pause, as for breath.
- utterance or words.
- a gentle moving or blowing, as of wind.
- [Class. Gk. Gram.]
- the manner of articulating the beginning of a word written with an initial vowel sign, with or without aspiration before the vowel.
- one of the two symbols used to indicate this. Cf. rough breathing, smooth breathing.
- Middle English brethynge. See breathe, -ing1 1350–1400
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