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Breathes

/bɹiːðz/

To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

📖 Definitions of "Breathes"

verb

1
To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
2
To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
"Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater."
3
To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
"While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane."
4
To live.
"I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe."

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