Phrase Hound found 49 phrases and 10 compound words that contain breathing. The most common are listed below. Open breathing in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 49
- breathing apparatusA device that allows a person to breathe in environments that are dangerous, harmful, or in which it is difficult to breathe.
- Difficulty breathing
- rough breathingAspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
- fire-breathingThat expels fire from the mouth and nostrils.
- circular breathingA particular breathing technique: it involves inhaling via the nose while pushing air, that was stored in the cheeks, out through the lips, so allows for continuous playing of a wind instrument.
- mouth breathingLong-term breathing through the mouth, often caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose.
- breathing spaceSufficient space or a span of time in which to recover one's breath.
- nasal breathingLong-term breathing through the nose, as opposed to breathing through the mouth.
- labored breathingBreathing at less than 12 or more than 20 breaths per minute with poor or irregular quality, rhythm, or tidal volume; a sign of respiratory distress.
- breathing gasA mixture of gases used for respiration in breathing equipment, typically in scuba diving.
- deep breathingA form of breathing where the expansion of the lungs results from using the diaphragm rather than using the muscles of the upper chest.
- heavy breathingDeep, loud or laboured breathing.
- living and breathingpresent participle and gerund of live and breathe
- belly breathingbreathing by contracting the diaphragm
- breathing caveA kind of cave that has air flowing in or out because of atmospheric pressure gradients between the inside and outside.
- breathing roomSynonym of breathing space: Sufficient space or a span of time in which to recover one's breath.
- buddy breathingpresent participle and gerund of buddy breathe
- smooth breathingThe lack of aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
- stagger breathingpresent participle and gerund of stagger breathe
- Kussmaul breathingA form of labored breathing and hyperventilation associated with metabolic acidosis, renal failure, and diabetes.
- breathing gasesplural of breathing gas: A mixture of gases used for respiration in breathing equipment, typically in scuba diving.
- accessory breathingA manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the principal manner of breathing.
- base-pair breathingThe transient, lateral opening of a base pair in a nucleic acid molecule as a result of thermal motion or the presence of a defect
- air-breathingAlternative form of airbreathing: Using the air from the atmosphere for combustion
- box breathingA breath-based relaxation technique that involves visualizing a journey around the four sides of a square, pausing while travelling horizontally and breathing in while travelling up the square and out while travelling down it.
Compound words 10
- breathinglySo as to breathe.
- airbreathingUsing the air from the atmosphere for combustion
- mouthbreathingThe process of breathing through the mouth.
- nonbreathingNot breathing.
- overbreathingpresent participle and gerund of overbreathe
- unbreathingNot breathing.
- firebreathingAlternative form of fire-breathing: That expels fire from the mouth and nostrils.
- misbreathingpresent participle and gerund of misbreathe
- outbreathingpresent participle and gerund of outbreathe
- underbreathingpresent participle and gerund of underbreathe