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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
breathe
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breathing exercise
▪ We do breathing exercises in my yoga class.
breathe a sigh of relief
▪ When he had left, Miranda breathed a sigh of relief.
breathe in the air
▪ She breathed in the cool mountain air.
breathe through your nose
▪ Close your eyes and breathe through your nose.
breathe/heave a sigh of relief
▪ United fans breathed a huge sigh of relief as Drogba's shot was tipped over the bar.
breathing difficulties
▪ She was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties.
breathing freely
▪ She was breathing freely.
breathing shallowly
▪ He lay there unconscious, breathing shallowly.
breathing space
▪ This deal should give the company some extra breathing room before its loans are due.
give...breathing room
▪ This deal should give the company some extra breathing room before its loans are due.
your heart/pulse/breathing quickens (=your heart beats faster because you are afraid, excited etc)
▪ She caught sight of Rob and felt her heart quicken.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
again
▪ She breathed again, turned on to her back, and listened to the quietness.
▪ She saw the creature disappear and she breathed again.
▪ I wanted to free them, and make them breathe again.
▪ If any of us let go and started breathing again, one of them would fall off into a lake of mud.
▪ He nodded, and I breathed again.
▪ A fabulous drive from Knell cannoned back off the Cliftonville upright from fully 25 yards - and the visitors breathed again.
barely
▪ The air was so thick with smoke that one could barely breathe!
▪ With the smoke and the dust, he could barely breathe.
▪ The feeling of crisis was growing in him and he felt he could barely breathe.
▪ Afraid and angry because I could barely breathe, I still could not ask her why she had abandoned me.
▪ She longed for it to swallow her. Barely breathing, she closed her eyes.
deeply
▪ Exhorting him to breathe deeply they paraded him up and down beside the wire fence.
▪ Quinn breathed deeply, exhaled with a trembling chest, and breathed in again.
▪ He stood still for a moment breathing deeply.
▪ Better yet, you can breathe deeply and not choke on secondhand smoke.
▪ He breathed deeply and put his shoulders back, shifted the large black portfolio from one hand to the other.
▪ I leaned over and breathed deeply.
▪ She found she was breathing deeply, almost gasping.
▪ I breathe deeply and rhythmically, seeking Buddhist calm.
down
▪ As they rounded the last corner the leaders had the main field breathing down their necks.
▪ The air in the building was dark and brown, like the air the rank and file breathed down under the ground.
▪ It was a troubled film, directed by Sam Peckinpah who constantly had the Columbia Studio brass breathing down his neck.
▪ At last Nahat was up against the backdrop with the spotlight breathing down his neck.
▪ I've got Rawlinson breathing down my neck already, as well as brigade orders every day.
▪ Sometimes, on large studio pictures, you have a million people breathing down your back.
▪ Labour and the Liberal Democrats are breathing down his neck.
▪ To shoot birdies like that with Nicklaus breathing down your neck - - twice!
easily
▪ Roll the head three times to the left, then three times to the right, breathing easily all the time.
▪ He no longer needs the medication, says Wong, and he has been breathing easily this year.
▪ People who had been living in the shadow of the rock breathed easily again.
▪ He wasn't exactly panting, but he wasn't breathing easily either.
▪ The rope-lights were tight-fitting, but they were not cruel; he could breathe easily and he could move.
▪ Allow yourself to breathe easily, gently and deeply.
freely
▪ Can the tobacco industry now afford to breathe freely once again, unlike its customers?
hard
▪ Lachy sat down on the pillow at the head of the bed, breathing hard.
▪ Lincoln jumped up and down, breathing hard.
▪ The horror receded as she came back to reality, breathing hard, glad of her cream duvet and calm hotel surroundings.
▪ He looked, breathing hard still, at Oliver.
▪ He was breathing hard, and Joe thought he was even sweating.
▪ Ezra stepped then stopped, breathing hard.
▪ He stared at her for a second in stunned silence, breathing hard, his eyes dazed.
hardly
▪ Ma came and picked her up, holding her so tight she could hardly breathe.
▪ My nose was so stuffed that I could hardly breathe.
▪ The air was so cold we could hardly breathe it.
▪ Her feet ached and she could hardly breathe.
▪ He wanted to be with her so much that he could hardly breathe.
▪ If you ever walked into it, you could hardly breathe when you went beyond the door.
▪ He was ruthless, holding her so close that she could hardly breathe, and his kiss was devastating.
▪ There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe.
heavily
▪ She shook her head and sat down at the table, breathing heavily.
▪ He could hear Peter Stillman breathing heavily in his spot across the room.
▪ She was breathing heavily, her hands on her hips.
▪ The dying man coughed and breathed heavily.
▪ She was going very slowly and breathing heavily in her resolve that not a drop of whisky should be spilled.
▪ The Chancellor had loosened his tie and was breathing heavily.
▪ Another growling seemed to be coming from outside, and the sound of something breathing heavily.
▪ Duvall was holding the gun now as he looked down at him, breathing heavily.
in
▪ Breathe out as you reach and breathe in as you lower.
▪ I listened to him breathe in his sleep, and my fist curled to my heart out of habit.
▪ Between his preparations, Norman was quiet, looking around himself, breathing in deep the atmosphere of the place.
▪ I no longer had to remind myself to breathe in and out.
▪ Feel the warm air as you breathe out and the cooler air as you breathe in.
▪ It breathes in the air it shines in the light!
▪ Hastily she breathed in and clamped her arms to her sides to hide the stubble.
▪ Her footsteps came almost to a halt, then she breathed in deeply and her shoulders rose in resolution.
out
▪ So I breathe out long and slowly, and I shuffle my feet.
▪ At least a fellow can breathe out here.
▪ He breathed out, a long sigh of a breath.
▪ Just the waves and woods, a delicate in-and-#out breathing.
▪ As you breathe out, imagine the breath passing through any part of your body that feels stiffer aches.
▪ I forget to breathe out every time I watch him.
▪ I breathed out hard in the empty carriage.
▪ Max breathed out powerful male sexuality in every movement.
■ NOUN
air
▪ Not only the air we breathe but the natural waterways of the world are endangered.
▪ Such movies are the very air we breathe, but are they art?
▪ Feel the warm air as you breathe out and the cooler air as you breathe in.
▪ It was the air I breathed.
▪ We're talking of course about the air we breathe.
▪ Everyone is going to miss it, because it has become the air we breathe.
▪ They will need clean air to breathe.
▪ The sun was at its height and seemed to be burning away what little air there was to breathe.
breath
▪ Houses white as virgins breathed their stony breaths and expanded their bellies until every polished name-plaque turned to the sun and shone.
▪ After a few seconds, he heard them breathing - one breath long and light, the other slightly shorter and huskier.
▪ The company breathed out with one breath, and crossed themselves.
difficulty
▪ After police used pepper spray to subdue the man, paramedics were called because he was having difficulty breathing, police reported.
▪ In large doses it can cause nausea, vomiting, difficulty breathing and coma.
life
▪ The new cease-fire breathes new life into these prospects.
▪ Belliustin called upon the tsar to circumvent the ecclesiastical hierarchy and breathe life into the clerical estate.
▪ Something unexplainable takes over and breathes life into the known life.
▪ Their evidence was a bit messy, but it breathed new life into the debate.
▪ He stopped, breathing hard, his life roaring.
▪ Bordi is credited with breathing new life into ailing Ducati in the early 1990s, masterminding launches like the 916 and Monster.
▪ We harness fossil energy and breathe life into machines.
mouth
▪ She slipped into her nightie and slid into bed beside Tom, who was asleep and breathing through his mouth.
▪ He breathed through his mouth to try and not smell the fungus smell from his crutch.
▪ Ada kept her hand spread on her chest and breathed carefully with her mouth open.
▪ I got in, trying to breathe through my mouth only, and got out on the top floor.
▪ Luna was slightly asthmatic and when overheated or nervous she breathed through her mouth.
▪ He stood straight and breathed through his mouth tasting mint coolness.
▪ Simon was breathing through his mouth, the way he did when the pollen was bad.
neck
▪ As they rounded the last corner the leaders had the main field breathing down their necks.
▪ At last Nahat was up against the backdrop with the spotlight breathing down his neck.
▪ It was a troubled film, directed by Sam Peckinpah who constantly had the Columbia Studio brass breathing down his neck.
▪ To have some one breathing down your neck in your senior year is not a happy prospect.
▪ I've got Rawlinson breathing down my neck already, as well as brigade orders every day.
▪ Some of us need bosses and editors breathing fire down our necks.
▪ Labour and the Liberal Democrats are breathing down his neck.
▪ To shoot birdies like that with Nicklaus breathing down your neck - - twice!
nose
▪ They both sat breathing through their noses, on the verge of anger.
▪ He worked quietly behind her, one and a-two, breathing through his nose.
▪ Colonel Fergusson had his eyes closed and was breathing out through his nose in long smooth puffs like a bellows.
▪ Before the exercises actually begin, for a few minutes, close your eyes and breathe through your nose.
▪ Then breathe in through your nose and draw in your right hand back to its starting position.
▪ You should always breathe through your nose: the nose warms up the air.
relief
▪ He breathed a sigh or relief when Mrs Long announced he had polled 31.
▪ As you awaken from this nightmare, you breathe a sigh of relief.
▪ In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ She put her cold arms to bed and lay warmed and breathing slowly in her relief.
▪ Owen breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ So they breathed a sigh of relief when Bet Lynch, his missus, said she'd stay behind as manager.
▪ And everyone breathed a sigh of relief ... so the Teds were human after all.
▪ Just as we'd closed the window and were breathing a sigh of relief there was a loud knock on the door.
room
▪ It moved with her silently from room to room, breathing softly against the back of her neck.
▪ There was room to breathe here.
▪ Oh come, you must leave even me a little elbow room in which to breathe.
▪ You need a bit of room to swing, room to breathe.
sigh
▪ Mildred opened her eyes and breathed a huge sigh of relief.
▪ As you awaken from this nightmare, you breathe a sigh of relief.
▪ In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ Everyone in the convoy breathed a deep sigh of relief.
▪ The Government could breathe a sigh of relief at the disappearance of some of its fiercest critics.
▪ She breathed a sigh of relief, and ran through to the living-room where she could hear Stephen's voice.
▪ Marie breathed a sigh of relief.
word
▪ The rest of the maids had been threatened with hell-fire and damnation if they breathed a word.
▪ Certainly I never breathed a word to them about him.
▪ It was impossible to breathe a word when your heart was so ready for love.
▪ He did not breathe a word.
▪ None of them breathed a word.
▪ But if it was difficult to keep racism on it, it was impossible to even breathe the word heterosexism.
▪ You know I'd never breathe a word to anybody.
▪ Stirling never breathed a word about it to anyone on the Ops. side here.
■ VERB
allow
▪ The air exerts pressure on the airway, holding it open and allowing the sleeper to breathe normally.
▪ As well as gills, Bichirs have paired air bladders, which allow them to breathe air from the surface of the water.
▪ The basket allows the berries to breathe and thus prevents melding.
▪ It's a natural material so it breathes, allowing the feet to breathe as well.
▪ Venting the attic, and allowing the roof to breathe, often helps prevent asphalt roof shingles from curling.
▪ So now you can stay fresh and still allow your skin to breathe.
▪ Rubber and plastic boots are intended for use in very wet places but will not allow the feet to breathe.
begin
▪ Now that he was being the perfect gentleman in not pursuing her, at last she began to breathe more easily.
▪ It began to breathe, its little chest rising and falling rapidly.
▪ His heart thudded and he realized that he had begun to breathe faster, with excitement.
▪ And when he begins that breathing, he automatically feels calm and in control.
▪ Elaine jerked and coughed, inhaled with a ragged sigh, and began to breathe.
▪ At any second, they would begin to breathe.
▪ As he held her there, he began to breathe heavily and there was a disconcerting expression on his face.
hear
▪ He heard breathing on the other side, close to the door.
▪ You can almost hear his relaxed breathing.
▪ As he examined the yoyo, he could hear the child breathing beside him, watching his every move.
▪ He could hear her breathing, quick and ragged.
▪ As he got closer I could hear his breathing as well, and I saw his pink tongue sweep across his lips.
▪ Within minutes I hear her breathing deep.
▪ He heard things breathing, things not breathing.
let
▪ There seemed to be a weight on her chest, pinning her to the ground and not letting her breathe.
▪ The clerk in the liquor store had recommended that she let this red wine breathe before serving it.
▪ If any of us let go and started breathing again, one of them would fall off into a lake of mud.
▪ In any case, Baby Suggs' fingers had a grip on her that would not let her breathe.
▪ You have to dare to let it breathe.
▪ He saw them boys do that to me and let them keep on breathing air?
live
▪ So close to the powers of evil she must have lived that she still breathed more freely in their air.
▪ If it implants successfully and a baby is born, you know out there is a living, breathing child...
▪ Do you live and breathe whatever the position is about?-Do you have the skills nary for this position?
▪ Fans live and breathe for either Celtic or Rangers.
▪ This led to the impression that Spens lived, breathed and was eventually killed by the Guinness affair.
▪ Bob Darnell lives and breathes motor scooters.
need
▪ Remember that books need to breathe.
▪ Some of us need bosses and editors breathing fire down our necks.
▪ You needed millions to breathe this air.
▪ They will need clean air to breathe.
▪ And they produce oxygen which animals need to breathe, and which helps to replace that lost by burning fossil fuels.
▪ Don't they need to breathe?
start
▪ It starts to breathe, to have moods.
▪ Reflexively, you start a breathing exercise.
▪ Even after Tuathal started to breathe, Earl Siward still remained motionless.
▪ Herta starts to breathe differently as we kiss; she is always self-possessed; every move of mine is coldly monitored.
▪ You can start by improving your breathing technique-most people only use one third of their lung capacity.
▪ My recurring thought, he wrote: that the big glass will only start to breathe when I am gone.
▪ He lay on a hard little bed and struggled to start breathing.
stop
▪ She stopped breathing but her heart kept on thudding its own wild race.
▪ I stopped, breathed deeply, and smiled as sweet air filled my lungs.
▪ Ezra stepped then stopped, breathing hard.
▪ Paul and John stop to breathe.
▪ It was so cold it could have stopped a child from breathing.
▪ Sometimes I got to stop and breathe deep cos I feel sick, but I don't puke up again.
▪ Exhausted, the old man raised his head and said nothing, then half closed his eyes and stopped breathing.
try
▪ She recalled Ian's advice and whenever the picture came before her eyes, she tried breathing it out.
▪ He froze, stung with pain, and tried to breathe slowly.
▪ He retched, trying to breathe.
▪ Breathe slowly and deeply trying to breathe from your stomach, lifting your chest to let more air in.
▪ Now they each had a picture which they examined and re-examined, trying to breathe life into the two-dimensional image.
▪ She lay in absolute stillness, trying not to breathe, wondering what he was going to do with her.
▪ I tried to breathe even less.
▪ The gurgling noise was the rattling of Thomas trying to breathe through a restricted windpipe.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
breathe deeply
▪ Better yet, you can breathe deeply and not choke on secondhand smoke.
▪ Exhorting him to breathe deeply they paraded him up and down beside the wire fence.
▪ I leaned over and breathed deeply.
▪ I opened my eyes and gulped, breathing deeply.
▪ I stopped, breathed deeply, and smiled as sweet air filled my lungs.
▪ Quinn breathed deeply, exhaled with a trembling chest, and breathed in again.
▪ She sat for a while, becoming quieter, breathing deeply, ceasing to tremble.
▪ Take a daily walk in the park and breathe deeply.
breathe heavily
▪ Another growling seemed to be coming from outside, and the sound of something breathing heavily.
▪ He could hear Peter Stillman breathing heavily in his spot across the room.
▪ She shook her head and sat down at the table, breathing heavily.
▪ She was breathing heavily, her hands on her hips.
▪ She was going very slowly and breathing heavily in her resolve that not a drop of whisky should be spilled.
▪ The Chancellor had loosened his tie and was breathing heavily.
▪ The dying man coughed and breathed heavily.
▪ Tippy was breathing heavily, her face white under the black eyeliner and heavy foundation.
heavy breathing
▪ The cabin was full of heavy breathing and the stink of our sweat.
▪ The rustling of bushes and the sounds of heavy breathing at the sandbar to the north deepened the stillness of dusk.
▪ The staff relaxed, until the building started expanding and contracting - an effect they described as akin to heavy breathing.
▪ There was no sound except the heavy breathing around him; the whole world seemed asleep.
▪ They heard heavy breathing and a figure appeared round the corner, clothed in the grey garb of Godstowe Priory.
live and breathe sth
▪ Residents of the city live and breathe high school football.
▪ And how they could live and breathe and make more of themselves.
▪ Bob Darnell lives and breathes motor scooters.
▪ Do you live and breathe whatever the position is about?-Do you have the skills nary for this position?
▪ Fans live and breathe for either Celtic or Rangers.
▪ I won't ever forget you, lad; not while I live and breathe, I won't.
pardon me for breathing/living
rest/breathe easy
▪ Craig Chalmers, however, can rest easy.
▪ He also seems to want to be the Nineties Coco Chanel, so street fashion bods can rest easy.
▪ He can rest easy on that matter.
▪ No side can rest easy with such a slender lead.
▪ Some local retailer would rest easy in his bed that night.
▪ Surely, the letter said with a surprising burst of bitterness, Eileen Ryan would rest easy in her grave at last.
▪ The sun was up, the dark clouds disappeared and for a moment she breathed easy.
▪ Wall Street and the bond markets can rest easy.
shallow breathing
▪ After recovering from an attack of shallow breathing he recovered and one nurse said he was smiling and cooing in his cot.
▪ Holding your breath builds up tension and shallow breathing denies your body the oxygen it needs to function at maximum efficiency.
▪ If there is severe difficulty in breathing - shortness of breath, wheezing, laboured, rapid or shallow breathing.
▪ Jezrael's heart beat faster but she forced herself to slow the shallow breathing of panic.
▪ This might be a typical presentation of acute hyperventilation caused by rapid shallow breathing during moments of high anxiety.
▪ Ursula Dean's palms were damp as panic pumped through her, escaping in hasty, shallow breathing and agitated heartbeats.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Come closer," he breathed.
▪ I want you to breathe deeply and relax.
▪ It was cold, and everyone breathed clouds of vapor.
▪ My eyes began to sting and I couldn't breathe.
▪ The air was so smoky it was difficult to breathe.
▪ The boy was unconscious, but he was still breathing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Billie kissed the baby, its hands moved, and Rob breathed.
▪ Colonel Fergusson had his eyes closed and was breathing out through his nose in long smooth puffs like a bellows.
▪ Either he was breathing heavily or that was wind in the trees.
▪ He's unconscious, breathing spontaneously, slightly hypothermic from exposure.
▪ Her throat muscles useless, she was unable to breathe, cough, or swallow on her own.
▪ We need it not only to breathe but to protect us.
Related phrases:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Breathe

Breathe \Breathe\, v. t.

  1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.

    To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air.
    --Dryden.

  2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.

    Able to breathe life into a stone.
    --Shak.

    And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
    --Gen. ii. 7.

  3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.

    He softly breathed thy name.
    --Dryden.

    Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son.
    --Shak.

  4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.

  5. To express; to manifest; to give forth.

    Others articles breathe the same severe spirit.
    --Milner.

  6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. ``They breathe the flute.''
    --Prior.

  7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise.

    And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee.
    --Shak.

  8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.

    A moment breathed his panting steed.
    --Sir W. Scott.

  9. To put out of breath; to exhaust.

    Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up.
    --Dickens.

  10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.

    The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered.
    --H. Sweet.

    Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged

    Note: [in whispering].
    --H. Sweet.

    To breathe again, to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business.

    To breathe one's last, to die; to expire.

    To breathe a vein, to open a vein; to let blood.
    --Dryden.

Breathe

Breathe \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Breathed (br[=e][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Breathing.] [From Breath.]

  1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. ``I am in health, I breathe.''
    --Shak.

    Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!
    --Sir W. Scott [The Lay of the Last Minstrel].

  2. To take breath; to rest from action.

    Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again!
    --Shak.

  3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.

    The air breathes upon us here most sweetly.
    --Shak.

    There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.
    --Byron.

Related phrases:
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
breathe

c.1300, not in Old English, but it retains the original Old English vowel of its source word, breath. Related: Breathed; breathing.

Wiktionary
breathe

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. 2 (context intransitive English) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way. 3 (context transitive English) To use (qualifier: a gas) to sustain life. 4 (context intransitive English) Figuratively, to live. 5 (context transitive English) To draw something into the lungs. 6 (context intransitive English) To expel air from the lungs, exhale. 7 To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently. 8 (context transitive English) To give an impression of, to exude. 9 (context transitive English) To whisper quietly. 10 (context intransitive English) To exchange gases with the environment. 11 (context intransitive now rare English) To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.

Related phrases:
WordNet
breathe

  1. v. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" [syn: take a breath, respire, suspire]

  2. be alive; "Every creature that breathes"

  3. impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"

  4. allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

  5. utter or tell; "not breathe a word"

  6. manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit"

  7. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax [syn: rest, catch one's breath, take a breather]

  8. reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"

  9. expel (gases or odors) [syn: emit, pass off]

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Wikipedia
Breathe (Midnight Oil album)

Breathe is the ninth studio album by Australian rock band, Midnight Oil, which was released on 15 October 1996 under the Columbia Records label. It peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart and appeared in the top 40 on the New Zealand and Swiss Albums Charts. The album was produced by Malcolm Burn and according to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, it had a loose, raw style with almost a low-key sound.

Breathe

Breathe may refer to:

  • Breathing, to inhale and exhale consecutively, drawing oxygen from the air, through the lungs
Breathe (British band)

Breathe were an English pop rock band formed in London in 1984.

Breathe (Pink Floyd song)

"Breathe" is a song by progressive rock band Pink Floyd on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.

Breathe (Keller Williams album)

Breathe is an album recorded by Keller Williams with The String Cheese Incident, collectively known as the Keller Williams Incident.

Breathe (Faith Hill album)

Breathe is the fourth studio album by country music recording artist Faith Hill, released November 9, 1999 on Warner Bros. Records. It won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. Breathe is one of the most successful country/pop albums to date. It has been certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA, for shipping eight million copies in the US. The album includes the singles " Breathe", " The Way You Love Me", " Let's Make Love", and " If My Heart Had Wings". "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me" Were both number 1 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts; the former also reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the top pop song of 2000 according to Billboard Year-End. Several of the album's tracks also charted from unsolicited airplay.

Hill's Breathe debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, a first for the country artist. The Warner Bros. Nashville set sold 242,000 units, according to SoundScan. The album includes a cover version of Bette Midler's 1998 song, 'That's How Love Moves'.

Breathe (Kylie Minogue song)

"Breathe" is a song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue from her sixth studio album, Impossible Princess (1997). The song was released on 16 March 1998, as the third single from the album, and her final one for the label, Deconstruction Records. "Breathe" was co-written and co-produced by Minogue with Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk. Backed by synthesisers and keyboards, it is an electronica track. The lyrics revolve around contemplation and calmness. "Breathe" received mostly positive reviews from music critics, some who highlighted the track as an album stand-out and commended the lyrical and vocal delivery. However, some critics were unimpressed by the composition.

Released in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, it peaked at numbertwenty-three and fourteen on the Australian Singles Chart and the UK Singles Chart, respectively. This was her last charting single in the UK until her 2000 single " Spinning Around". To promote "Breathe", Minogue performed the song on Top of the Pops and her Intimate and Live Tour. Kieran Evans directed the song's music video, which features Minogue floating in an open airspace with spiral effects that were generated by CGI. The video was positively received for the production and the visual effects.

Breathe (Reprise)
  1. redirect Time (Pink Floyd song)#Breathe (Reprise)

Category:Pink Floyd songs

Breathe (The Prodigy song)

"Breathe" is a song by English band The Prodigy. It was released in November 1996 as the second single from the album The Fat of the Land. The song became the group's second consecutive number-one on both the UK and Finnish singles charts. An edited version of the song is featured as the opening track on MuchMusic's Diamond-Certified compilation album, Big Shiny Tunes 2. The song also featured in a 2012 television commercial for Tooheys Extra Dry.

Breathe (Blu Cantrell song)

"Breathe" is a song by American recording artist Blu Cantrell from her second studio album, Bittersweet (2003).

A remixed version featuring Sean Paul was released as a single on July 28, 2003. The album version of this song was produced and co-written by Ivan Matias and Andrea Martin. The remix featuring Sean Paul was produced by Ivan Matias, Andrea Martin and Mark Pitts. The song peaked at 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, "Breathe" became a smash hit in Europe, most notably in the United Kingdom, where it topped the charts for four weeks in August 2003.

Breathe (Psychic TV album)

Breathe is a spoken word album by Psychic TV. It is assembled out of a concert which took place at the Institute of Thelemic Culture at the WOW Hall, in Eugene, Oregon (U.S.A.) on 8 April 1994. It was supposed to be a work in progress, with a proper version being produced on CD some months later. As of April 2010, the other version has not seen the light of day.

Breathe (Winterville song)

"Breathe" was the third single from British-based Blues-rock trio Winterville. It was released on March 20, 2006 through the band's own imprint, Toxxic Records. The single was available on 7" Vinyl and as a download from the iTunes Store. It was the band's last release before their split in early 2007.

Breathe (Nickelback song)

"Breathe" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was released on November 20, 2000, as the third single from the album The State. It was the second multi-format rock hit from the album in the United States, peaking at number ten on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 21 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song is also featured on MuchMusic's Big Shiny Tunes 5 compilation album and is also featured in the 2002 fantasy film, Clockstoppers.

Breathe (Michelle Branch song)

"Breathe" is a song co-written and recorded by Michelle Branch. It was released in September 2003 as the second single from her album, Hotel Paper. It hit the number-one spot in Indonesia. It peaked at number thirty-six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, a lower position than that of the album's previous single, " Are You Happy Now?". "Breathe" appeared on other Billboard charts. It is her first single to have dance remixes, all of which have been released on a single CD.

Breathe (Don't Stop)

"Breathe (Don't Stop)" is a song released by Mr. On and the Jungle Brothers, from the Jungle brother's album You in My Hut Now. The song was not commercially successful, reaching #33 on the Australian ARIA singles chart, and #30 on the New Zealand RIANZ singles chart. "Breathe (Don't Stop)" also peaked at #56 in the Netherlands.

It is based on samples from Michael Jackson's " Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"

Breathe (song)

The following is a list of songs named "Breathe":

  • " Breathe", by Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul (2003)
  • "Breathe" (Delilah song)
  • " Breathe", by Erasure (2005)
  • " Breathe", by Fabolous (2004)
  • " Breathe", by Faith Hill (1999)
  • " Breathe", by Kaz James featuring Stu Stone (2008)
  • " Breathe", by Kylie Minogue (1998)
  • " Breathe", by Michelle Branch (2003)
  • " Breathe", by Midge Ure (1996)
  • " Breathe", by Moist (1999)
  • " Breathe", by Nickelback (2000)
  • " Breathe", by Pink Floyd (1973)
    • "Breathe (Reprise)", a reprise of the above song, found as the closing section of " Time"
  • " Breathe", by The Prodigy (1996)
  • " Breathe", by Ricki-Lee Coulter (2006)
  • " Breathe", by Taylor Swift featuring Colbie Caillat (2008)
  • " Breathe", by Télépopmusik (2001)
  • " Breathe", by U2 (2009)
  • " Breathe", by Winterville (2006)
  • " Breathe (2 AM)", by Anna Nalick (2005)
  • "Breathe", by Alexi Murdoch from the album Time Without Consequence (2006)
  • "Breathe", by Angels & Airwaves from the album I-Empire (2007)
  • "Breathe", by Backstreet Boys from the album In a World Like This (2013)
  • "Breathe", by Basement from the album Colourmeinkindness (2012)
  • "Breathe", by Bon Jovi from their box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
  • "Breathe", by Breathe featuring Natalie Mejia (2009)
  • "Breathe", by Collective Soul from the album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid (1994)
  • "Breathe", by Depeche Mode from their album Exciter (2001)
  • "Breathe", by Dev from the album The Night the Sun Came Up (2012)
  • "Breathe", by Disturbed from the album Believe (2002)
  • "Breathe", by Eric Prydz featuring Rob Swire from Prydz's album Opus (2016)
  • "Breathe", by Keller Williams & The String Cheese Incident from the album Breathe (1999)
  • "Breathe", by Kittie from the album Funeral for Yesterday (2007)
  • "Breathe", by Lalah Hathaway from the album Self Portrait (2008)
  • "Breathe", by Melissa Etheridge from the album Lucky (2004)
  • "Breathe", by Michael W. Smith from the album Worship (2001)
  • "Breathe", by Mike Peters from the album Breathe (1994)
  • "Breathe", by Ministry from the album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
  • "Breathe", by Miss A from the album Step Up (2010)
  • "Breathe", by Rebecca St. James from the album Worship God (2002)
  • "Breathe", by Roger Waters from the album Music from The Body
  • "Breathe", by Roxette from the album The Ballad Hits (2003)
  • "Breathe", by Ryan Star from the album 11:59 (2010)
  • "Breathe", by SeeB featuring Neev (2016)
  • "Breathe", by Sugar Ray from the album Floored (1997)
  • "Breathe", by Swollen Members featuring Nelly Furtado from the album Monsters in the Closet (2002)
  • "Breathe", by Taproot from the album Welcome (2002)
  • "Breathe", by Tara Blaise from the album Great Escape
  • "Breathe", by Toploader from the album Onka's Big Moka (2000)
  • "Breathe", by Two of Cups (2009)
  • "Breathe (Respira)", from the musical In the Heights
Breathe (Kaz James song)

"Breathe" is a 2008 pop- dance song by Kaz James featuring Stu Stone. It is the first solo release by James, who is a former member of the group BodyRockers. The song was later included on James' debut album If They Knew, which was released in Australia and New Zealand in October 2008. The song peaked at #57 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Breathe (U2 song)

"Breathe" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the tenth track on their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon. The lyrics detail an outburst from the song's narrator. The song was developed primarily by guitarist the Edge, with musical influences from Jimmy Page and Jack White. The track was mixed numerous times before the band decided to rewrite it.

Breathe (Mike Peters album)

Breathe is the debut solo album by Mike Peters. It was released on compact disc, cassette and double vinyl LP.

The two singles, " Back into the System" and " It Just Don't Get Any Better Than This", were included on the cassette and vinyl LP version only.

The vinyl version was released on 17 January 1995 via Vital Distribution Limited. A Welsh version titled "AER" was released on 1 March 2000. An acoustic version of the album was released in 1995, followed by a remastered extended edition in 2008.

Breathe (Erasure song)

"Breathe" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure. It was released by Mute Records in the UK and the U.S. as the first single from the band's eleventh studio album Nightbird.

Written and produced by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the track is a mid-tempo love song similar in musical style to their 1994 hit " Always", albeit with more uplifting lyrical content. "Breathe" was remixed slightly for its radio version — most notably in the song's introduction. The UK compact disc single included CD-ROM information that allowed buyers to download the Digipro software package and use isolated musical tracks of "Breathe" to create their own remixes. For a time fans were able to upload their finished "Breathe" remixes to Erasure's website to share with others.

The single was widely regarded as a major return to form by critics and fans alike, leading to comparisons to Erasure's glory days of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when The Innocents and Chorus both topped the UK album charts.

"Breathe" also resonated with the record-buying public and hit number four on the UK singles chart, Erasure's highest-charting UK single since "Always" a decade earlier. In the United States, Erasure entered the Hot Dance Club Play chart for the first time in eight years and scored their second U.S. dance chart-topper — the first being " Victim of Love" in 1987. In Germany, "Breathe" was Erasure's twentieth Top 40 single, peaking at number thirty-five. It topped the singles chart in Denmark. On the Top 60 chats in Sweden it peaked at 33.

Breathe (Fabolous song)

"Breathe" is the first single of Fabolous' album Real Talk and reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2004. The single utilizes a sample of Supertramp's " Crime of the Century". The single acquired remixes; one featuring 50 Cent and Mase; another with Noztra. The music video features cameos by The Game, Just Blaze, J. D. Williams, and DJ Clue.

Pitchfork Media named "Breathe" the number nine song of the year for 2004, stating "'Breathe' sounds like the track Fab was always meant to rap over."

The song was also listed by Pitchfork Media as the 288th best song of the 2000s. Complex named it number 60 on best songs of the decade.

The Beastie Boys performed their song " So What'cha Want" over the beat on Late Night with David Letterman in 2006.

Breathe (New Zealand band)

Breathe was a rock band from Wellington, New Zealand, consisting of Andrew Tilby (vocals, guitar), Richard Small (guitar, vocals), Pet Johnson (bass guitar), Steve Gallagher (keyboards) and Guy Fisher (drums). The band was formed in the mid-1990s by Hutt Valley school friends Small, Tilby, Fisher and Gallagher, with the addition of Johnson.

Breathe independently released a 7" single and a CD EP, Things Like These, before signing to the independent Auckland record label, Felix. In 1996, they released the Smiley Hands CD EP before taking a break to record their first album Pop Life, which was again released on the Felix label, with distribution through BMG. The band toured throughout New Zealand for seven months in 1998, eventually appearing as support on the Exponents Summer Tour, where their live show captured the attention of Sony Music NZ who signed the band a few weeks after its end.

Andrew Tilby won the "Tui" as Most Promising Male Vocalist at the 1999 New Zealand Music Awards.

While Breathe were signed to Sony they released their second album, Don't Stop The Revolution, in 2000. The title track, "Don't Stop The Revolution", reached number 6 in New Zealand charts while "Landslide" reached 28.

Breathe disbanded in 2001 when drummer Guy Fisher decided to leave the band. The remaining members formed Dead End Beat, who released a self-titled album in 2004.

Breathe (2 AM)

"Breathe (2 AM)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Anna Nalick. The single was first released in 2004, then it was re-released in 2006 and charted at #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Adult Contemporary in the United States, as well as #79 on the Australian singles charts. "Breathe (2 AM)" has been certified Gold by RIAA. The song was featured prominently in shows like ABC's Grey's Anatomy episodes " As We Know It" and " Song Beneath the Song", as well as other shows such as the WB series Charmed, Smallville and the movie A Lot Like Love.

Breathe (G-Dragon song)

Breathe (Korean: 브리드) is a song recorded by the South Korea singer G-Dragon, released as the second single off from his debut album. While the single did not chart as strongly as its predecessor, it manage to chart within the Top 20 for the artist.

Breathe (2009 film)

Breathe is a 2009 British independent film directed by Nicholas Winter and starring Ricci Harnett, Zara Dawson, Lee Otway and Jing Lusi. The film was shot on location in London and Somerset in 2007, and debuted at the Genesis Cinema in London in 2009. Breathe was released on DVD in March 2010 and was well received at the London Independent Film Festival 2010, with Nicholas Winter taking the award for Best Director. The film has an accompanying soundtrack, composed by Greg Harwood.

Breathe (Moist song)

"Breathe" is the first single from Canadian alternative rock group Moist's third studio album, Mercedes 5 and Dime. The song peaked at #28 on the Canadian RPM Singles Chart. The song is featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film, Stir of Echoes.

Breathe (Faith Hill song)

"Breathe" is a song written by Stephanie Bentley and Holly Lamar and recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released in October 1999 as the first single and title track from her album of the same name. "Breathe" became Hill's seventh number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in the US. The song spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in December 1999 and January 2000. It also peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 2000, having been blocked by " Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B and " Try Again" by Aaliyah.

Breathe (Télépopmusik song)

"Breathe" is the title of the debut single by the French dance music group Télépopmusik. It features guest vocals by singer Angela McCluskey and appears on the group's 2001 album Genetic World.

Released as a single throughout 2002, "Breathe" reached #42 on the UK Singles Chart in March of that year. The single was released late in the year in the US, and it reached its peak chart positions on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart (#9) and the Hot 100 chart (#78) in February 2003.

"Breathe" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Dance Recording at the ceremony held in February 2004, losing out to " Come into My World" by Kylie Minogue.

The song was reviewed favorably by Chris Long at the BBC, who described McCluskey's vocals as "breathless" and said the single was "a deliciously silky track that lolls by a holiday pool and enjoys the sunshine."

"Breathe" was featured in an advertising campaign by the automobile company Mitsubishi in 2003 to promote its Outlander model, and in the UK by Peugeot in 2002 to promote the 307. "Breathe" was also featured in the advertising campaign by Visa Europe in their "Love Every Day" campaign.

The music video for "Breathe" was shot in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 2001. Directed by Jordan Scott (daughter of movie director Ridley Scott) who was 24 at the time.

Breathe (Taylor Swift song)

"Breathe" is a country pop song written and performed by American singer-songwriters Taylor Swift and Colbie Caillat. Produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift, it is the seventh track from Swift's second studio album, Fearless (2008). The song was written about the end of a friendship. Musically, the song is driven by acoustic guitar.

The song received favorable responses from contemporary music critics. "Breathe" was one of two songs featuring Caillat that was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2010, the other being Jason Mraz's " Lucky", the winner of the award. "Breathe" peaked at number eighty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100. Its appearance tied Swift with Hannah Montana ( Miley Cyrus) for two records on the Billboard Hot 100.

Breathe (Midge Ure song)

Not to be confused with Breathe (The Prodigy song), Breathe (Faith Hill song) or any other song with that title.

"Breathe" is a song by Scottish singer Midge Ure released March 22, 1996, as the first single from his album Breathe.

The song was written by Midge Ure and produced by Richard Feldman.

It was made particularly famous by its use in a popular television advertising campaign of the Swatch, two years after its actual publication, which has revived the fortunes of both the commercial track of the disc in which was contained.

The music video sees Midge Ure sing the song next to Westbury White Horse.

Breathe (Delilah song)

"Breathe" is the third single recorded by British singer Delilah. The song was released as a digital download single on 7 May 2012 in the United Kingdom from her debut album, From the Roots Up. The song peaked to number 87 on the UK Singles Chart.

Breathe (EP)

Breathe is an extended play (EP) by English musician Birdy, released prior to the 2014 North American release of her second album, Fire Within. It contains three songs from Fire Within (two studio versions and one live version), one song from the Australian Special Edition of her first album, Birdy, and one live version of a song from that same album.

Breathe (Edmond Leung album)

Breathe ( TC: 呼吸) is a Cantopop album by Edmond Leung.

Related phrases:

Usage examples of "breathe".

He rested her back against the wall, his forehead pressed to hers, struggling to regain his ability to breathe.

Lily attempted to regain her ability to breathe, listening to the next song, a slow, moody number.

She was breathing too fast, and her underarms and her face were abloom with heat.

She was always so self-contained, so immaculate, so perfectly poised and turned out that his need to see her with her mouth swollen after love, her hair tangled by his fingers, her eyes languorous and heavy, her breathing quickened, sharp and desirous, was sometimes so great that he ached to reach out and take hold of her.

A man on Venus, unless equipped with special breathing apparatus and oxygen tanks, would die of acidosis within a few minutes.

Malipiero would often inquire from me what advantages were accruing to me from the welcome I received at the hands of the respectable ladies I had become acquainted with at his house, taking care to tell me, before I could have time to answer, that they were all endowed with the greatest virtue, and that I would give everybody a bad opinion of myself, if I ever breathed one word of disparagement to the high reputation they all enjoyed.

Through the space between slack lips, Vicki could hear heavy adenoidal breathing.

For this reason one who is in the love of ruling from the love of self thinks nothing of defrauding his neighbor, committing adultery with his wife, slandering him, breathing vengeance on him even to the death, treating him cruelly, and other such deeds.

I brea Ankhana and breathe it out again, waiting for that swift ru freedom that Adventuring always brings.

He kept the aerator as low as possible, to make himself breathe great gasps that hurt his chest, but it made him dizzy, and he had to increase the oxygenation lest he faint.

It breathed and blew bubbles and occasionally caressed an agate or two with its prehensile limbs.

It causes tickling and frequent desire to clear the throat, change, weakness, or entire loss of voice, and difficulty of breathing, frequently giving rise to the most persistent and aggravating cough.

Behind them, the sage continued his chant, reciting slokas upon slokas, the mantras seeming to change the very texture of the air they breathed, infusing their lungs with raw, pure energy drawn down from the akasa to replace the foul atmosphere of the Bhayanak-van.

As I lay thus holding her hand, and listening to her quiet breathing, I realised once more what my young Alastor had meant by the purity of high passion.

She pulled the collar of her tunic up over her mouth to protect her teeth from the algid air she breathed.