to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth

to send air, smoke or a particular smell out of your mouth

He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.

(figurative)She rushed into my office breathing fire and threatening me with a lawyer.

‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.

if you allow wine to breathe, you open the bottle and let air get in before you drink it

if cloth, leather, skin, etc. can breathe, air can move around or through it

Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.

to be full of a particular feeling or quality

Her performance breathed wit and charm.

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