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(n)
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
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A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
The act of lamenting.
(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.
A sudden forward motion.
(v)
(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
(literary) To sigh.
The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained).
(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
A low and indistinct whispering sound; a murmur.
(countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
(intransitive) To produce an air current.
(intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
(countable) An instance of sniffing.
The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
To breathe heavily, especially after rigorous exercise.
A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
The act of snivelling.
(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
(archaic) To gape or yawn.
(slang) To give a hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale.
The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.
(slang) To fart audibly.
An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.
A sibilant rale.
(obsolete) A sigh.
A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
(idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To defecate.
(intransitive) To grunt, croak, squeal; to moan, complain; to sigh, huff; to emit a breath forcibly, as after great exertion.
A blowing or puffing noise.
A liquid used for gargling.
(Canada, US) Snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed.
(colloquial) A hissing noise.
(intransitive) To sob in a way that produces snot.
A large opening.
(anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
(transitive or intransitive) To whisper or to hiss softly.
(transitive) To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
The usual amount swallowed.
A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
To drink very quickly, swallowing large quantities of liquid at a time.
(transitive) To consume.
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
(idiomatic) To be drunk.
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.
An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.
A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child or a female person, or noisy worn-down brake pads.
(slang) Crystal meth.
Alternative form of hiss. [(intransitive) To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.]
Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
(formal, intransitive) To belch, to burp.
(transitive) To snore more or louder than.
A loud sucking noise, especially one made in eating or drinking.
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
(by extension) A long draught from a drink.
To speak through the nose.
(transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
Pompous, officious talk.
(informal, uncountable, sometimes slightly vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
(formal) To burp or belch.
(chiefly imperative) To open one's mouth wide and utter a prolonged /ɑ/ (usually to allow a medical examination).
(transitive) To release.
(obsolete or Scotland) A snipe.
To hiss.
(humorous, medical slang) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
(slang, chiefly Mid-Atlantic US) Something; a thing; any object, place, or person.
(obsolete, intransitive) To hiss.
(UK dialectal, uncountable) A light dusting, as of snow.
Alternative form of whoosh. [A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.]
An infatuation.
(archaic, transitive) To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise.
A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
To express (an emotion, opinion, etc.).
(intransitive, informal) To vomit.
A carbonated beverage, especially champagne.
(intransitive, idiomatic, of sound) to be produced loudly