breath·ing /ˈbriðɪŋ/
1. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
synset: breathing, external_respiration, respiration, ventilation
1. passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone"
synset: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic
antonym: breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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