BREATH, n. breth. 1. The air inhaled and expelled in the respiration of animals.2. Life.No man has more contempt than I of breath.3. The state or power of breathing freely; opposed to a state of exhaustion from violent action; as, I am out of breath; I am scarce in breath.4. Respite; pause; time to breathe; as,let me take breath; give me some breath.5. Breeze; aid in gentle motion.Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea,When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface.6. A single respiration; as, he swears at every breath.7. An instant; the time of a single respiration; a single act.He smiles and he frowns in a breath.8. A word.A breath can make them, as a breath has made.
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