breathing : Idioms & Phrases

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Breathing place

  • noun a short respite
    breathing place; breathing space; breather; breath; breathing spell.
WordNet
  • . (a) A pause. "That cæsura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse." Sir P. Sidney. (b) A vent.
Webster 1913

Breathing time

  • noun a short respite
    breathing place; breathing space; breather; breath; breathing spell.
WordNet
  • pause; relaxation. Bp. Hall.
Webster 1913

Breathing while

  • time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time. Shak.
Webster 1913

Rough breathing

  • (spiritus asper) See 2d Asper, n.
Webster 1913

Smooth breathing

  • (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai).
Webster 1913