Phrase Hound found 116 phrases and 42 compound words that contain breath. The most common are listed below. Open breath in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 116
- bad breathBreath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.
- shortness of breathA difficulty in breathing.
- out of breathBreathing with difficulty, in particular due to physical activity.
- breath of lifeDivine animation; that which brings life into living things.
- short of breathShort-winded; panting; breathless; in a state of breathlessness.
- Deep Breath
- take a breathto inhale and subsequently exhale air
- breath of fresh airSomething relieving, refreshing, or new.
- breath of heavenA small southern African shrub (Coleonema pulchellum) with small leathery leaves and white or pink flowers that is cultivated in California.
- Breath Away
- breath testAn official test to determine if someone has taken alcohol or drugs by testing a sample of their exhaled breath.
- waste of breathNeedless or unnecessary speech.
- with bated breathWith reduced breath.
- breath mintA mint-flavored candy intended to freshen the breath.
- baby's breathA genus, Gypsophila, of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa.
- don't hold your breathDon't wait. Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned is unlikely to happen soon or at all.
- taken a breathpast participle of take a breath: to inhale and subsequently exhale air
- takes a breaththird-person singular simple present indicative of take a breath: to inhale and subsequently exhale air
- taking a breathpresent participle and gerund of take a breath
- took a breathsimple past of take a breath
- breath playAlternative form of breathplay: Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking.
- take a deep breathTo inhale deeply.
- under the breathunder one's breath; spoken very softly
- waste breathTo speak in a manner which is needless or futile; in discussion or argument to make points which are not appreciated or heeded.
- hold one's breathUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, one's, breath. To keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling.
Compound words 42
- breathtakingstunningly beautiful; amazing
- breathalyzerA device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.
- breathworkThe use of breathing as therapy, particularly in the form of consciously controlling one's breathing rhythm.
- breathfulThat breathes; alive.
- underbreathUnder one's breath; inaudibly or in a barely audible manner.
- scumbreathA term of abuse.
- breatharianOne who lives without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.
- breathholdThe act of holding breath.
- breathplayErotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking.
- dragonbreathThe breath of a dragon.