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Definition of breather in English: breathernoun ˈbriːðəˈbriðər 1A person or animal that breathes in a particular way. Example sentencesExamples - Dancing dwarfs and fire breathers part the converging crowds.
- Heavy breathers should maintain a distance of four inches between mouth and phone.
- Who wants to be a passive breather of fumes, when we now seem to be awarded a right to clean air?
- I awoke to the sound of a heavy breather in the other bed.
- Baton twirlers and fire breathers took to the dance floor, putting on a short show.
- Of course I already am a heavy breather, but this is even heavier than normal.
- Dolphins and whales, air breathers like us, remain submerged on a single breath hold for up to 40 minutes.
- Newborn infants are obligatory nose breathers which is why nasal obstructions can interfere with normal feeding.
- And you two are the idiotic mouth breathers who fell for it.
- In contrast, most recreational athletes spend little time concentrating on breathing and as a result are bad breathers.
- He heard the heavy breathing first - mouth breathers should never be murderers.
- They're gill breathers, which means they can't survive out of oxygenated water.
- That is why so many of us today are shallow breathers.
- The next night, however, the heavy breather returned with her cub.
- It encapsulates the view of pre-teens as miscreant mouth breathers only capable of cursing, not thinking.
- So take a good look at your weights, heavy breathers.
2informal A brief pause for rest. Example sentencesExamples - Coming out here for a few years and teaching was almost like taking a breather.
- None of them shoot more than a few rounds before taking a breather - leaving them open to more than a few bullets.
- Satisfied, we stopped to take a breather and admire our hard determination, or lack thereof.
- They ran for a good hour before Michi stopped to take a breather.
- I stop to take a breather, before looking up in to the lights of an oncoming snowmobile.
- Just don't forget to take a breather now and then, OK?
- ‘I love to do big, long rides on my single-speed,’ she says as we take a breather.
- I stopped to take a breather as the picture on the screen changed.
- Her eyes were brimmed with tears and she fled out of the house to school not stopping once to take a breather.
- I just wish somebody would trust us so we could get off the ground and she could take a breather.
- Let's take a breather, because this is not fair.
- But at the moment I think it needs to take a breather.
- You've climbed about 500 feet now, so take a breather on the ridge.
- And when you take a breather, you find yourself walking the routes that people walked 800 years ago.
- Take a breather from paying interest: get a 0% card!
- Luckily, I'm able to momentarily escape and take a breather.
- She did a few laps, and then at one end of the pool, stopped to take a breather and relax.
- We stopped to take a breather after playing one-on-one for an hour.
- I needed to take a breather after each concerto.
- I suppose that we should take a breather for now, after all we shouldn't sit around worrying or we'll go crazy.
Synonyms break, rest, pause, interval, respite, breathing space, lull, recess, time out stop, halt 3A vent or valve to release pressure or to allow air to move freely around something. as modifier a breather pipe Example sentencesExamples - Taking the breather cover off, he studied the carburetor valve.
- Replace the breather if the valve shows signs of wear or will not open and close easily.
- Returning the screwdrivers to the tool box, he unscrewed the breather cover.
- Is there an alternative to a breather in the valve cover?
- These highly polished breathers are the final touch to accent your valve covers.
Synonyms outlet, inlet, opening, aperture, vent hole, hole, gap, orifice, space, cavity, cleft, slit, pore, port
Definition of breather in US English: breathernounˈbrēT͟Hərˈbriðər 1informal in singular A brief pause for rest. the director is taking a breather from his furious schedule Example sentencesExamples - I suppose that we should take a breather for now, after all we shouldn't sit around worrying or we'll go crazy.
- Take a breather from paying interest: get a 0% card!
- But at the moment I think it needs to take a breather.
- I stop to take a breather, before looking up in to the lights of an oncoming snowmobile.
- We stopped to take a breather after playing one-on-one for an hour.
- They ran for a good hour before Michi stopped to take a breather.
- Luckily, I'm able to momentarily escape and take a breather.
- Her eyes were brimmed with tears and she fled out of the house to school not stopping once to take a breather.
- She did a few laps, and then at one end of the pool, stopped to take a breather and relax.
- ‘I love to do big, long rides on my single-speed,’ she says as we take a breather.
- I stopped to take a breather as the picture on the screen changed.
- Let's take a breather, because this is not fair.
- I needed to take a breather after each concerto.
- Just don't forget to take a breather now and then, OK?
- Satisfied, we stopped to take a breather and admire our hard determination, or lack thereof.
- You've climbed about 500 feet now, so take a breather on the ridge.
- And when you take a breather, you find yourself walking the routes that people walked 800 years ago.
- None of them shoot more than a few rounds before taking a breather - leaving them open to more than a few bullets.
- I just wish somebody would trust us so we could get off the ground and she could take a breather.
- Coming out here for a few years and teaching was almost like taking a breather.
Synonyms break, rest, pause, interval, respite, breathing space, lull, recess, time out 2A vent or valve to release pressure or to allow air to move freely around something. as modifier a breather pipe Example sentencesExamples - Taking the breather cover off, he studied the carburetor valve.
- Is there an alternative to a breather in the valve cover?
- Replace the breather if the valve shows signs of wear or will not open and close easily.
- These highly polished breathers are the final touch to accent your valve covers.
- Returning the screwdrivers to the tool box, he unscrewed the breather cover.
Synonyms outlet, inlet, opening, aperture, vent hole, hole, gap, orifice, space, cavity, cleft, slit, pore, port 3A person or animal that breathes in a particular way, or breathes a particular substance. in combination reptiles are lung-breathers Example sentencesExamples - Baton twirlers and fire breathers took to the dance floor, putting on a short show.
- So take a good look at your weights, heavy breathers.
- He heard the heavy breathing first - mouth breathers should never be murderers.
- Of course I already am a heavy breather, but this is even heavier than normal.
- In contrast, most recreational athletes spend little time concentrating on breathing and as a result are bad breathers.
- It encapsulates the view of pre-teens as miscreant mouth breathers only capable of cursing, not thinking.
- And you two are the idiotic mouth breathers who fell for it.
- The next night, however, the heavy breather returned with her cub.
- They're gill breathers, which means they can't survive out of oxygenated water.
- Who wants to be a passive breather of fumes, when we now seem to be awarded a right to clean air?
- I awoke to the sound of a heavy breather in the other bed.
- Newborn infants are obligatory nose breathers which is why nasal obstructions can interfere with normal feeding.
- Dolphins and whales, air breathers like us, remain submerged on a single breath hold for up to 40 minutes.
- Dancing dwarfs and fire breathers part the converging crowds.
- That is why so many of us today are shallow breathers.
- Heavy breathers should maintain a distance of four inches between mouth and phone.
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