noun stop; pause; delay.
2. breathing ·noun air in gentle motion.
3. breathing ·noun breathing place; vent.
4. breathing ·noun aspiration; secret prayer.
5. breathing ·noun exercising; promotion of respiration.
6. breathing ·noun utterance; communication or publicity by words.
7. breathing ·noun respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
8. breathing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of breathe.
9. breathing ·noun any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the spirit.
10. breathing ·noun a mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. ·see rough breathing, smooth breathing, below.
11. breathing ·noun also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, ·etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.