noun
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the air taken in to the lungs and let out; breath.
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the act of exhaling.
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a taking in and leting out of a long, deep, audible breath as from sorrow, relief, fatigue, disappointment, etc.; a sigh.
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air or wind.
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a generally chronic disorder characterised by wheezing, coughing, difficulty in breathing, and a suffocating feeling, caused by an allergy to inhaled substances, stress, etc.; asthma.