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Word entry · 6 letters

breath

Best crossword clue

"Single inhale or exhale"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /bɹɛθ/Part of speech nounSorted abehrtStarts with BEnds with H1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

Word origin

From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”) (compare German Brodem (“haze, vapor; breath”), of a different but related formation).

Used in a sentence

  • I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.
  • The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.
  • I took a deep breath and started the test.

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