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“breath”
breadth, breath, breathe
breadth (BREDTH) (noun)
Width: The breadth of the prairies is incredible.
breath (BRETH) (noun)
Air which is inhaled and exhaled during breathing: The loss of breath can be a dangerous symptom.
breathe (BREETH) (verb)
To draw in and to expel air out of the lungs: Barry rose quickly to the surface of the water from the bottom of the swimming pool so he could breathe again.
Lloyd tried to breathe deeply, inhaling a fresh breath of air. He hoped this exercise would increase the breadth of his chest.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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“breath”
(Latin: animal life, a living creature; living; breath; soul; mind)
(Latin: breathe, breath; from halitus, "breath" and related to halare, "to breathe")
(Greek: breath, wind; pertaining to air or gas; bellows, bladder, bubble; swollen; as seen in many modern scientific terms)
(Greek: air, wind, breath; presence of air; spirit)
(Greek: lung; breath, breathe)
(Latin: breath of life, breath, breathing; mind; spirit, "soul"; courage)
(Greek: thymos, spirit, soul; courage; breath, mind, emotions)
(beating bad breath)
(Greek: mind, spirit, consciousness; mental processes; the human soul; breath of life; literally, "that which breathes" or "breathing")
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“breath”
electronic breath meter, electronic-breath meter
A type of monitor which is used to check a person's blood alcohol level as he or she blows through the mouthpiece of the meter.
The breath meter automatically measures the amount of alcohol which is present in one's body as the display signals whether the blood alcohol level is at or near the legal limit for driving.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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Health: Bad Breath
Causes of Bad Breath bad breath.
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Health: Index of Articles
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