take a breath

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verb

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs (Freq. 3)
- I can breathe better when the air is clean
- The patient is respiring
• Syn:
breathe, respire, suspire
• See Also:
breathe out (for: breathe), breathe in (for: breathe)
• Derivationally related forms:
respiratory (for: respire), respiration (for: respire), respirator (for: respire), breather (for: breathe), breathing (for: breathe)
• Hyponyms:
respire, choke, hyperventilate, hiccup, hiccough,
sigh, suspire, exhale, expire, breathe out, inhale,
inhale, breathe in, wheeze, yawn, snore,
saw wood, saw logs
• Verb Group:
respire
• Entailment:
inhale, inspire, breathe in, exhale, expire, breathe out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something