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Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To exchange gases with the environment.
  • intransitive Figuratively, to be relaxed or calm.
  • intransitive Figuratively, to live.
  • intransitive To repeatedly draw air into, and expel it from, the lungs in order to extract oxygen from it and excrete waste products.
  • transitive To repeatedly draw (something) into, and expel (that thing) from, the lungs.
  • transitive To whisper quietly.

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