n.
1) to draw, take a ~
2) to catch; hold one's ~
3) to get one's ~ back
4) to lose one's ~
5) a deep; long ~ (she took a deep ~)
6) out of ~ ('~less')
7) ( misc. ) to spare, save one's ~ ('to avoid a futile conversation'); to waste one's ~ ('to speak in vain'); to take smb.'s ~ away ('to stun smb.'); in the same ~ ('at the same time'); to one's last ~ ('to the end of one's life'); under one's ~ ('in a whisper'); with bated ~ ('with the ~ held, in suspense')