Word Meanings - BREATHFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.

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• BREATHE
  Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
• FRAGRANT
  fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton. Syn. -- Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous;
• BREATHLESS
  1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. 2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow
• BREATHABLE
  Such as can be breathed.
• BREATHER
  1. One who breathes. Hence: One who lives. One who utters. One who animates or inspires. 2. That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise.
• BREATHING
  1. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth. 2. Air in gentle motion. 3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit. 4. Aspiration; secret prayer.
• BREATHLESSLY
  In a breathless manner.
• BREATHLESSNESS
  The state of being breathless or out of breath.
• BREATH
  OHG. bradam steam, vapor, breath, G. brodem, and possibly E. Brawn, 1. The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration, air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc. Melted
• BREATHFUL
  Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.
• BREATHABLENESS
  State of being breathable.
• UPBREATHE
  To breathe up or out; to exhale. Marston.
• INBREATHE
  To infuse by breathing; to inspire. Coleridge.
• REBREATHE
  To breathe again.
• LONG-BREATHED
  Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long- winded.
• EMBREATHEMENT
  The act of breathing in; inspiration. The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. W. Lee.
• INFRAGRANT
  Not fragrant.
• SHORT-BREATHED
  1. Having short-breath, or quick respiration. 2. Having short life.
• INCENSEBREATHING; INCENSE-BREATHING
  Breathing or exhaling incense. "Incense-breathing morn." Gray.
• WATER BREATHER
  Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.
• OUTBREATHE
  1. To breathe forth. "Outbreathed life." Spenser. 2. To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust. Shak.