Breathing: Definition and part of speech

Breathing

p. pr. & vb. n. of Breathe
n. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
n. Air in gentle motion.
n. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.
n. Aspiration; secret prayer.
n. Exercising; promotion of respiration.
n. Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
n. Breathing place; vent.
n. Stop; pause; delay.
n. Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

v. t. To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
v. i. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
v. i. To take breath; to rest from action.
v. i. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
v. t. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
v. t. To inject by breathing; to infuse; — with into.
v. t. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
v. t. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
v. t. To express; to manifest; to give forth.
v. t. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
1v. t. 1 To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
1v. i. 1 To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

n. That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise.
n. One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

a. Dead; as, a breathless body.
a. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
a. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention.

n. A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.