breath

n.

1) to draw, take a breath

2) to catch; hold one's breath

3) to get one's breath back

4) to lose one's breath

5) a deep; long breath (she took a deep breath)

6) out of breath ('breathless')

7) (misc.) to spare, save one's breath ('to avoid a futile conversation'); to waste one's breath ('to speak in vain'); to take smb.'s breath away ('to stun smb.'); in the same breath ('at the same time'); to one's last breath ('to the end of one's life'); under one's breath ('in a whisper'); with bated breath ('with the breath held, in suspense')

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[breθ]

hold one's breath

take a breath

in the same breath ('at the same time')

under one's breath ('in a whisper')

save one's breath ('to avoid a futile conversation')

to waste one's breath ('to speak in vain')

to take smb. 's breath away ('to stun smb. ')

to one's last breath ('to the end of one's life')

with bated breath ('with the breath held, in suspense')

long breath (she took a deep breath)

(misc.) to spare

a deep

to catch

to draw

to get one's breath back

to lose one's breath

out of breath ('breathless')