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verb | adjective pantpant1 /pænt/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYpant1Origin: 1400-1500 Old French pantaisier, from Vulgar Latin phantasiare to see things which are not there VERB TABLEpant |
| Present | I, you, we, they | pant | | he, she, it | pants | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | panted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have panted | | he, she, it | has panted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had panted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will pant | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have panted |
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| Present | I | am panting | | he, she, it | is panting | | you, we, they | are panting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was panting | | you, we, they | were panting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been panting | | he, she, it | has been panting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been panting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be panting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been panting |
► panting for breath After five minutes I was panting for breath. THESAURUSair► breathe to take air into your lungs and send it out again: My eyes began to sting, and I couldn’t breathe. People are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe. ► take a breath to take air into your lungs: Take a deep breath and hold it for a few seconds. ► inhale formal to breathe in air, smoke, or gas: Try not to inhale the fumes from the glue. ► exhale formal to breathe air, smoke, etc. out through your mouth and nose: The doctor asked him to exhale normally while she listened to his lungs. ► be short of breath (also be out of breath) to have difficulty breathing, often after exercising or because you are sick: After walking up the stairs, my father was short of breath. ► gasp (also gasp for breath/air) to breathe quickly and loudly, because you are having difficulty getting enough air: People ran from the smoky building gasping for breath. ► wheeze to breathe with difficulty, making a noise in your throat and chest, usually because you are sick: The pollen in the air was making me wheeze and itch. ► pant to breathe quickly with short breaths, in the way that dogs do: The dog sat outside, panting in the hot sun. ► snore to breathe noisily through your mouth and nose while you sleep: He snores so loudly that I hear it in the next room. ► sigh to breathe out loudly and slowly because you are disappointed, tired, or you are beginning to relax: She sighed with relief as she walked out of the exam room. ► hyperventilate to breathe too hard and fast because you are anxious or sick: Before the competition, she started to hyperventilate. 1[intransitive] to breathe quickly with short noisy breaths because you have been running, climbing, etc. or because it is very hot: He was still panting after his run. After five minutes I was panting for breath.► see thesaurus at breathe2[transitive] to say something while panting: “Go on without me,” Mike panted.3to want something very much: pant for He left his fans panting for more.pant to do something I’m not exactly panting to get married. [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French pantaisier, from Vulgar Latin phantasiare to see things which are not there] verb | adjective pantpant2 adjective relating to or part of pants: my left pant leg |