See Also: Breathe(medicine)
breathe(dictionary)
breathe(dictionary)

per stirpes (iou) and breathe (oh)


per stirpes (iou)



per stirpes adverbial phr. L17.
[mod. Latin, formed as PER + accus. pl. of Latin stirps family.]
Law.
(Divided, shared, etc.) equally among the branches of a family (and then each share among the members of one branch). Opp. PER CAPITA adverbial phr. 1.

breathe (oh)



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1 ?air?
2 ?blow?
3 somebody can breathe easy/easily
4 breathe a sigh of relief
5 be breathing down somebody's neck
6 not breathe a word
7 breathe life into something
8 ?skin?
9 ?clothes/fabric?
10 ?Wine?
11 ?say something quietly?
12 breathe your last (breath)
13 breathe fire
Phrasal verbs
breathe in
breathe out
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[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: breath]
?AIR?
[I and T] to take air into your lungs and send it out again
::The room filled with smoke, and it was becoming difficult to breathe.
::People are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe.
::Relax and breathe deeply (=take in a lot of air) .
?BLOW?
[I and T] to blow air or smoke out of your mouth
breathe on
::Roy breathed on his hands and rubbed them together vigorously.
breathe sth over sb
::The fat man opposite was breathing garlic all over me.
sb can breathe easy/easily
used when saying that someone can relax because a worrying or dangerous situation has ended
::With Stocks going up, investors can breathe easily.
breathe a sigh of relief
to stop being worried or frightened about something
::Once the deadline passed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
be breathing down sb's neck
informal to pay very close attention to what someone is doing in a way that makes them feel nervous or annoyed
::How can I concentrate with you breathing down my neck all the time?
not breathe a word
to not tell anyone anything at all about something, because it is a secret
::Don't breathe a word; it's supposed to be a surprise.
breathe life into sth
to change a situation so that people feel more excited or interested
::Critics are hoping the young director can breathe new life into the French Film industry.
?SKIN?
[I] if your skin can breathe, air can reach it
?CLOTHES/FABRIC?
[I] if cloth or clothing breathes, air can pass through it so that your body feels pleasantly cool and dry
?Wine?
[I] if you let Wine breathe, you open the bottle to let the air get to it before you drink it
?SAY SOMETHING QUIETLY?
[T] written to say something very quietly, almost in a whisper
::'Wait,' he breathed.
breathe your last (breath)
literary to die
breathe fire
to talk and behave in a very angry way
-see also live and breathe sth at live 1 (19)
breathe in phr v
to take air into your lungs
::The doctor made me breathe in while he listened to my chest.
breathe sth ¡û¡ú in
::Wyatt breathed in the cool ocean air.
breathe out phr v
to send air out from your lungs
::Jim breathed out deeply.
breathe sth ¡û¡ú out
::Lauren lit up a cigarette, then breathed out a puff of smoke.
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WORD FOCUS: breathe
to breathe in: inhale (formal)
to breathe out: exhale (formal)
to breathe noisily: sniff, snore (=when sleeping)
snort, sigh
to breathe with difficulty: gasp, pant, wheeze, be short of breath, be out of breath
to be unable to breathe: choke, suffocate
See also: respiration, lung