breath

Meanings

Noun

• The act or process of breathing.
• A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
• Air expelled from the lungs.
• A rest or pause.
• A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
• Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
• Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

Verb

• Misspelling of breathe

Origin

• From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ ("odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor"), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz ("vapour, waft, exhalation, breath") of unknown origin, perhaps from *gʰwer-.