breatherbreath‧er /ˈbriːðə $ -ər/ noun 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- In March, Northampton won a two-month breather from a winding-up order on more than £13,000 owed to a printing firm.
- Members of political action committees might have hoped for a little breather before being hit up again for money.
- She is playing her five starters almost exclusively, putting in B and Sandie just long enough to give some one a breather.
- With publishers taking a slight breather after the Christmas rush, winter can be a slow season for books.
Longman Language Activatorto stop doing something in order to rest, eat etc► have/take a break
Collocations especially spoken to stop working for a while in order to rest, eat etc: · We're all getting tired. Let's take a break for ten minutes.· Is it all right if we have a break at about 10.30?have a quick/short/five minute etc break: · If you're working at a computer, it's best if you have a quick break at least once an hour.
► take five American informal to stop for a while in order to rest: · Let's take five and get some coffee.
► take a breather informal to stop for a while because you want a rest, especially because you have been doing something very difficult or tiring: · It's 12 o' clock. Why don't we take a breather?· I'd only been running for five minutes, but I had to stop and take a breather.
► break for lunch/coffee/Christmas etc to stop working and have lunch, a coffee break, a holiday etc: · At 12.30, the committee broke for lunch.· There's still an enormous amount of work to do before we break for Christmas.
► take time out to stop for a while and rest, either because you are tired or in order to do something else: · Try to take time out and get together with the kids.take time out to do something: · Taking time out to relax each day is important during pregnancy.take time out from/of: · The President took time out from his busy schedule to speak to the crowds.
► adjourn also recess American formal if a meeting or court adjourns , or if someone in authority adjourns it, the meeting or court stops for a short time, for example so that more information can be collected: · If there are no more questions, the committee will adjourn until tomorrow morning.· "The court will recess for twenty minutes," Judge Bart said.· The trial was adjourned for two weeks until the psychiatrist's report was ready.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► heavy
Phrases· She had reduced the voice to something on the same level of annoyance as a heavy breather.
VERB► take· He was not digging at all now but taking a breather, evidently.· With publishers taking a slight breather after the Christmas rush, winter can be a slow season for books.· Gilts, after four days of rising quotations, softened an eighth as the pound took a breather.· A party of skylarks were taking a breather from their incessant high-rise singing to indulge in an early-morning splashing.· Main picture: The female takes a breather.· When the last Demon's dead, take a breather before the celebrations start.· Regroup and take a breather at midday.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► have/take a breather
Word family- A party of skylarks were taking a breather from their incessant high-rise singing to indulge in an early-morning splashing.
- Gilts, after four days of rising quotations, softened an eighth as the pound took a breather.
- He was not digging at all now but taking a breather, evidently.
- Main picture: The female takes a breather.
- Regroup and take a breather at midday.
- Take your skis off and have a breather.
- When the last Demon's dead, take a breather before the celebrations start.
WORD FAMILYnounbreathbreatherbreathingadjectivebreathlessbreathyverbbreatheadverbbreathlessly
have/take a breather informal to stop what you are doing for a short time in order to rest, especially when you are exercising → heavy breather