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breathing

breat·hing

UK/ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/ US/ˈbɹiðɪŋ/ common
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

adjective

1.

passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

  • “the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs”
  • “the heavy-breathing person on the telephone”
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Origin

From breathe + -ing.

Phrases

  • 444 breathing
  • abdominodiaphragmatic breathing
  • accessory breathing
  • base-pair breathing
  • belly breathing
  • box breathing
  • breathing apparatus
  • breathing cave

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