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The act of taking air into and out of the lungs.

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  • Just the act of breathing slowly and deeply can have a very calming effect.
  • The boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs
  • Verb (used without object) : How about giving me a chance to breathe? ,Hardly a man breathes who has not known great sorrow. ,The jacket is comfortable...
  • Verb (used with object) : Dragons breathe fire. ,She breathed life into the party. ,to breathe a horse
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