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Breather   Listen
noun
Breather  n.  
1.
One who breathes. Hence:
(a)
One who lives.
(b)
One who utters.
(c)
One who animates or inspires.
2.
That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. (Colloq.)
3.
A pause to catch one's breath, or for some other form of rest or refreshment; often used in the phrase to take a breather, i.e. to pause for refreshment. (Colloq.)
4.
A vent in a container to allow equalization of internal and external pressure.
5.
An air intake pipe to provide air to machinery or people submerged or otherwise sealed off from the outside.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Breather" Quotes from Famous Books



... I get one clear, cold bit of fair weather to climb to the top of Doune hill, where the Ulster kings used to be crowned, a sugar-loaf shaped hill with the top broken off, rising in isolated grandeur up high enough to give one a breather to get to ...
— The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland • Margaret Dixon McDougall
... the ship's hold with white-clad orderlies in nervous attendance. Some of the stretchers were encased in special atmosphere tanks; a siren wailed across the field as an emergency truck raced up with fresh gas bottles for a chlorine-breather from the Betelgeuse system, and a derrick crew spent fifteen minutes lifting down the special liquid ammonia tank housing a native of Aldebaran's massive ...
— Star Surgeon • Alan Nourse
... breather," he explained. "No good nagging your people, particularly when they've been at the job for years and you're a new-comer. . . . Some of my spoiled darlings find that a little Eric goes a long way. You're sure you're not bored, ...
— The Education of Eric Lane • Stephen McKenna


Words linked to "Breather" :   breath, respite, take a breather, rest period, air duct, airway, snorkel, breathe, pigboat, schnorkel, breathing space, sub, relief, breathing place


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