breathe
v.v. to take air into your lungs and send it out again. You do this naturally all day and night to stay alive.
v. to inhale and exhale air through the respiratory system to facilitate gas exchange. Intransitive in its primary sense, though it can take a cognate object or be used transitively in figurative contexts.
Take a deep breath and try to relax.
The yoga instructor told the class to breathe slowly through their noses to help calm their minds.
As the climber reached the summit, the air became so thin that she found it difficult to breathe without the assistance of supplemental oxygen.
From Middle English brethen (“to breathe, blow, exhale, odour”), derived from Middle English breth (“breath”). Eclipsed Middle English ethien and orðiæn, from Old English ēþian and orþian (“to breathe”); as well as Middle English anden, onden, from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”). More at breath.
Primarily intransitive; when used transitively, it often takes a cognate object like 'a sigh' or 'a breath'.
I need to breathI need to breatheLearners often confuse the verb 'breathe' (with an 'e') with the noun 'breath' (without an 'e').