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Englisch > Deutsch
breathe
1. Verb:
2. [1] (transitiv) (intransitiv) atmen
3. [2] (transitiv) einatmen
[1] Is he still breathing?
Atmet er noch?
[2] In contrast to a fish, Angela breathed air.
Im Gegensatz zu einem Fische atmete Angela Luft ein.
[2] He breathed water (and therefore drowned).
Er atmete Wasser ein (und deswegen ertrank er).
Englisch > Englisch
breathe
1. v. (top, en, Bodily functions) (intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
2. v. (intransitive) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.
3. v. To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.
4. v. (intransitive, figurative) To live.
I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.
5. v. To draw something into the lungs.
Try not to breathe too much smoke.
6. v. (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
If you breathe on a mirror, it will fog up.
7. v. To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
The flowers breathed a heady perfume.
8. v. To give an impression of, to exude.
The decor positively breathes classical elegance.
9. v. To whisper quietly.
He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all.
10. v. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
The wind breathes through the trees.
11. v. (intransitive) To exchange gases with the environment.
Garments made of certain new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.
12. v. (intransitive, now rare) To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.
13. v. To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
At higher altitudes you need to breathe your horse more often.
14. v. (transitive, figurative) To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
Do you like hiking?　Are you kidding? I breathe hiking.
Deutsch > Englisch
atmen
1. v. to breathe

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Beispielsätze

Her last words were: "I can't breathe."      Ihre letzten Worte waren: „Ich bekomme keine Luft!“ We mustn't burn our forest, because it is the source of the oxygen we breathe.      Wir dürfen unseren Wald nicht niederbrennen, denn er ist die Quelle des Sauerstoffs, den wir atmen. The room was so full of smoke that I could hardly breathe.      Der Raum war so voller Rauch, dass ich kaum atmen konnte. Parents' love can sometimes be so overwhelming that you can't breathe.      Die Liebe von Eltern kann so erdrückend sein, dass man nicht mehr atmen kann. It is like the air we breathe.      Das ist wie die Luft, die wir atmen.

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