breathe

Verb

• expel (gases or odors)

• reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
  • This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours
    

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• manifest or evince
  • She breathes the Christian spirit
    

• utter or tell
  • not breathe a word
    

• allow the passage of air through
  • Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear
    

• impart as if by breathing
  • He breathed new life into the old house
    

• be alive
  • Every creature that breathes
    

• draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
  • I can breathe better when the air is clean
    
  • The patient is respiring
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  emit , pass off , rest , catch one's breath , take a breather , take a breath , respire , suspire