breath·less
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| 1. | without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb. |
| 2. | with the breath held, as in suspense, astonishment, fear, or the like: breathless listeners of the mystery story. |
| 3. | causing loss of breath, as from excitement, anticipation, or tension: a breathless ride. |
| 4. | dead; lifeless. |
| 5. | motionless or still, as air without a breeze: a breathless summer day. |
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adj.
breath'less·ly adv., breath'less·ness n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| breathless | |
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| 1. | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" [ant: breathing] |
| 2. | tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" |
| 3. | appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈbreathless adjective
having difficulty in breathing normally
Example: His asthma makes him breathless; He was breathless after climbing the hill.
See also: breath, hold one's breath, out of breath, under one's breathExample: His asthma makes him breathless; He was breathless after climbing the hill.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Breathless
Breath"less\ (br[e^]th"l[e^]s), a. 1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. 2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. --Byron. 3. Dead; as, a breathless body.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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