ಅರ್ಥ : The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation. The process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : external respiration, respiration, ventilation
ಅರ್ಥ : Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally. Sometimes used in combination.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs.
The heavy-breathing person on the telephone.
Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
Breathless at thought of what I had done.