Tra từ breathe - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

breathe [breathe breathes breathed breathing] BrE [briːð] NAmE [briːð] verb

AIR/BREATH
1. intransitive, transitive to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth
• He breathed deeply before speaking again.
• The air was so cold we could hardly breathe.
•She was beginning to breathe more easily.
•He was breathing heavily after his exertions.
•~ sth Most people don't realize that they are breathing polluted air.
2. transitive ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) to send air, smoke or a particular smell out of your mouth
•He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.

SAY QUIETLY
3. transitive ~ sth | + speech (literary)to say sth quietly
•‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.

OF WINE
4. intransitive if you allow wine to breathe, you open the bottle and let air get in before you drink it

OF CLOTH/SKIN
5. intransitive if cloth, leather, skin, etc. can breathe, air can move around or through it
•Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.

FEELING/QUALITY
6. transitive ~ sth (formal)to be full of a particular feeling or quality
•Her performance breathed wit and charm.
more at breathe/rest easy at ↑easy _adj., live and breathe sth at ↑live ¹
Idioms: ↑breathe again ▪ ↑breathe down somebody's neck ▪ ↑breathe life into something ▪ ↑breathe your last
Derived: ↑breathe in ▪ ↑breathe out ▪ ↑breathe something in ▪ ↑breathe something out
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘exhale, steam’): from ↑breath.

Example Bank:
•‘Where are you?’ breathed a voice in the dark.
•Always breathe through your nose.
•He breathed in her scent.
•He breathed the words against her ear.
•He hardly dared breathe in case they heard him.
•He was breathing raggedly, mouth open.
•I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
•I can barely breathe here.
•I can't breathe properly— I'm gasping for air!
•She breathed slowly in and out.
•She rushed into my office breathing fire and threatening me with a lawyer.
•The men breathe air that is filtered to remove any dust or gas.
•They were both breathing hard from the steep climb.
•Try not to breathe in the fumes.
•Try to breathe normally.
•You know I'd never breathe a word to anyone.
•‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.