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breathe

How to sign: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
"I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring";

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Breathe
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See also: exhale, breathe out, breathe in, inhale, expire, inspire

Similiar / Same: take a breath, suspire, respire

Within this category: choke, exhale, hiccup, hyperventilate, inhale, respire, sigh, snore, wheeze, yawn

breathe

How to sign: expel (gases or odors)

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Similiar / Same: emit, pass off

Categories: discharge, eject, expel, release

Within this category: bubble, burp, exhale, force out, radiate

breathe

How to sign: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

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Similiar / Same: catch one's breath, take a breather, rest

Categories: break, intermit, pause

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