Definitions
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
Word origin
From Middle English brethen (“to breathe, blow, exhale, odour”), derived from Middle English breth (“breath”). Eclipsed Middle English ethien and orðiæn, from Old English ēþian and orþian (“to breathe”); as well as Middle English anden, onden, from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”). More at breath.
Used in a sentence
“Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.”
“While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.”
“I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Take in air”7 letters
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