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breathed

[bretht, breethd]

adjective

Phonetics.
  1. not phonated; unvoiced; voiceless.

  2. utilizing the breath exclusively in the production of a speech sound.



breathed

/ briːðd, brɛθt /

adjective

  1. phonetics relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrate Compare voiced

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of breathed1

First recorded in 1875–80; breath + -ed 3
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There's little doubt Deignan lived and breathed the bike, coaching herself and using and an "evidence-based" approach to ensure she never left a stone unturned.

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Late Tuesday night, however, both finally breathed a deep sigh of relief.

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Wong, who watched from the putting green where he had gone to hit balls to stay sharp in case of a playoff, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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Up close and personal, the musk of the odor dissipated, and I breathed in the grounding spice of the cedar and the energizing citrus notes of the Douglas fir.

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"The concept, it was dying. I effectively moved there in the early 90s and breathed new life into it."

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