Meaning
To take air into your body and let it out again.
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Word origin
From Old English braeth, meaning a smell or the air let out of the body, the source of breath.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- braeth
- English cognates
- breath
Grammar
Examples
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"Breathe in" means to take air into your body.
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"Breathe" is the action your body does with air.
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"Breathed" is the past form.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 7: breathe, seriously, forever and 7 more words.