- Breathe - Take a breath - To take breath again; hence, to take rest or
refreshment. - To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it
from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of
the blood. - To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air;
to breathe. - To breathe out; to exhale.
- Asphyxiate - Muffle eccentric mothers - Stifle - Suffocate - Take away breath - To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of
the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent
breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. - To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of
air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to
smother a fire.