breathe
/briːð/verb
उच्चारण ब्रीद
साँस लेना
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[I, T]
to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth
साँस लेना
- Breathe deeply before the exam.
- You should breathe slowly and deeply when you feel nervous.
- It is hard to breathe at such a high altitude.
+ 2 more examples
- Fish breathe through gills instead of lungs.
- He breathed in the cool morning air on the hill.
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[T] ~ sth
to say something quietly
धीरे से कहना
- 'I'm sorry,' she breathed.
- "Please wait for me," he breathed, as the train began to move.
- She breathed a few words of thanks and left.
+ 2 more examples
- He breathed a warning to her not to wake the baby.
- I could hear her breathe my name from the next room.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
breathe (verb) vs breath (noun)
Breathe is the verb with a long th sound and a final e; breath is the noun. Write take a deep breath, but breathe deeply.
'Breathe' क्रिया है और 'breath' noun है। 'Take a deep breath' लिखें, पर 'breathe deeply' कहें।
- Take a deep breath and relax.
- The patient can breathe without help now.
breathe in / breathe out
Breathe in means to take air in; breathe out means to send it out. They are intransitive or take an object such as smoke or fresh air.
'Breathe in' का अर्थ हवा अंदर लेना और 'breathe out' का अर्थ बाहर निकालना है। ये intransitive हैं या smoke, fresh air जैसे object लेते हैं।
- Breathe in slowly through the nose and breathe out through the mouth.
- Cities make us breathe in a lot of smoke.
breathe + object (to say quietly)
Here breathe is transitive and means to say something very softly, often a secret or a name.
यहाँ 'breathe' transitive है और इसका अर्थ कोई बात, जैसे राज़ या नाम, बहुत धीरे से कहना है।
- Don't breathe a word of this to anyone.
- She breathed his name softly.
breathe + adverb or preposition
Typical frames are breathe heavily, breathe with difficulty and breathe through the nose. Breathe is not followed by of.
सामान्य रूप हैं breathe heavily, breathe with difficulty और breathe through the nose।
- The old man was breathing with difficulty.
- The runners breathed heavily after the race.
+Collocations 4
adverb + breathe
heavilydeeplyeasilyslowlyfreelyshallowly
- The doctor told him to breathe deeply.
breathe + noun
airsmokefumesdustoxygen
- Workers breathe a lot of dust in the cement factory.
can't breathe
hardlyunable tofind it hard tostop
- I can hardly breathe in this crowded train.
fixed phrases
breathe a sigh of reliefbreathe new life intobreathe easybreathe your last
- We breathed a sigh of relief when the results came.
“More examples 5
- Fish breathe through gills, not lungs.
मछलियाँ फेफड़ों से नहीं, गलफड़ों से साँस लेती हैं।
- The yoga teacher asked everyone to breathe slowly.
योग शिक्षक ने सबको धीरे-धीरे साँस लेने को कहा।
- After the exam, Radhika breathed a sigh of relief.
परीक्षा के बाद राधिका ने राहत की साँस ली।
- The new manager breathed new life into the old company.
नए मैनेजर ने पुरानी कंपनी में नई जान फूँक दी।
- The patient breathed his last at midnight.
रोगी ने आधी रात को अंतिम साँस ली।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I can't breath in this smoke.
✓ I can't breathe in this smoke.
The verb is breathe with a final e; breath is the noun.
क्रिया 'breathe' है जिसके अंत में e है; 'breath' noun है।
✗ The doctor told him to take a deep breathe.
✓ The doctor told him to take a deep breath.
After take a deep, the noun breath is needed, without the final e.
'Take a deep' के बाद noun 'breath' आता है, अंत में e के बिना।
¶Idioms 3
breathe your last
to die
अंतिम साँस लेना
- He breathed his last in the village where he was born.
- The old poet breathed his last at the age of ninety.
breathe (new) life into sth
to improve sth by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it
किसी चीज़ में नई जान फूँकना
- The new coach has breathed new life into the team.
- Tourism has breathed life into the old town.
breathe easy/easily/freely
to relax after a difficult or dangerous situation has ended
राहत की साँस लेना
- Now that the results are out, I can breathe easy.
- The farmers can breathe freely after the rain.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Keep apart, asked very often: breathe (/briːð/, verb: 'Breathe slowly') and breath (/breθ/, noun: 'Take a deep breath').
इन्हें अलग रखिए, यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: breathe (/briːð/, verb: 'Breathe slowly') और breath (/breθ/, noun: 'Take a deep breath')।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Breathe a sigh of relief (feel relaxed after worry), breathe down sb's neck (watch somebody too closely), breathe new life into sth (make something more lively), not breathe a word (keep something secret).
Idioms: breathe a sigh of relief (चिंता के बाद राहत महसूस करना), breathe down sb's neck (किसी पर बहुत कड़ी नज़र रखना), breathe new life into sth (किसी चीज़ में नई जान डालना), not breathe a word (राज़ रखना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science: inhalation (breathing in oxygen) and exhalation (breathing out carbon dioxide).
विज्ञान में inhalation (ऑक्सीजन अंदर लेना) और exhalation (कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड बाहर छोड़ना)।