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/brˈiðɪŋ taɪm/ Listen

noun

Breathing n.

1.

Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. "Subject to a difficulty of breathing."

2.

Air in gentle motion.

3.

Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.

4.

Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state."

5.

Exercising; promotion of respiration. "Here is a lady that wants breathing too; And I have heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making ladies trip."

6.

Utterance; communication or publicity by words. "I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose."

7.

Breathing place; vent.

8.

Stop; pause; delay. "You shake the head at so long a breathing."

9.

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.

10.

(Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.

Breathing place.

(a)

A pause. "That caesura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse."

(b)

A vent.

Breathing time, pause; relaxation.

Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time.

Rough breathing (spiritus asper). See 2d Asper, n.

Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in ienai.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Breathing time" Quotes from Famous Books

... men a breathing time in the port of Azua, to recover from the fatigues which they had encountered in the storm; and as it is one of the usual diversions of seamen to fish when they have nothing else to do, I shall make mention of two sorts of fish in particular which I remember to have ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III. • Robert Kerr

... in the year Jean Merle remained in Engelberg, giving himself no holiday, no leisure, no breathing time. He lived on the poorest fare, and in the meanest lodging. His clothing was often little better than rags. His wages brought him no relaxation from toil, or delivered him from self-chosen wretchedness. Silent and morose, he lived apart from ...

— Cobwebs and Cables • Hesba Stretton

... and 58th men all in a wild melee. Over this heterogeneous mass the officers had lost their personal influence. While order was being restored the Boer firing ceased. The pause was just sufficient to allow breathing time, for they almost instantaneously reopened with redoubled vigour. Their shooting was scarcely successful, but a hail of lead from the upturned muzzles of rifles continued to traverse the thirty yards which now separated the foes. The enemy numbered only about 200, but they hoped by rapidity ...

— South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) - From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum - of 9th Oct. 1899 • Louis Creswicke

... would be sustained by the courage of hope, as a kinsman having a contingent interest in a kinsman's prosperity. And, finally, he would be sustained by the courage of despair, as one who never could expect to be trusted by the opposite party. In the worst case, such a prince would always offer a breathing time and a respite to his friends, were it only by his remoteness, and if not the means of rallying, yet at least the time for rallying, more especially as the escape to his frontier would be easy to one who had long forecast it. We can hardly doubt that Augustus meditated such schemes; ...

— The Caesars • Thomas de Quincey

... when he had finished it, "has learned the laconic style of power very soon. He orders me to render this castle, and vacate the Papal Territory within ten days. He is obliging; I must have breathing time to consider the proposal; be seated, I pray you, young sir. Forgive me, but I should have imagined that your lord had enough upon his hands with his Roman barons, to make him a little more indulgent to ...

— Rienzi • Edward Bulwer Lytton

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