n. 25B6; noun
I took a deep breath : INHALATION, inspiration, gulp of air; exhalation, expiration; Medicine respiration.
I had barely enough breath to reply : wind; informal puff.
a breath of wind : PUFF, waft, faint breeze.
a breath of scandal : HINT, suggestion, trace, touch, whisper, suspicion, whiff, undertone.
(archaic) there was no breath left in him : LIFE (FORCE).
respiratory.
25A0; take someone's breath away ASTONISH, astound, amaze, stun, startle, stagger, shock, take aback, dumbfound, jolt, shake up; awe, overawe, thrill; informal knock sideways, flabbergast, blow away, bowl over; Brit. informal knock for six.