The air inhaled and expelled in the respiration of animals.

Life. No man has more contempt than I of breath.

The state or power of breathing freely; opposed to a state of exhaustion from violent action; as, I am out of breath; I am scarce in breath.

Respite; pause; time to breathe; as, let me take breath; give me some breath.

Breeze; aid in gentle motion. Calm and unruffled as a summer’s sea, When not a breath of wind flies o’er its surface.

A single respiration; as, he swears at every breath.

An instant; the time of a single respiration; a single act. He smiles and he frowns in a breath.

Aword. A breath can make them, as a breath has made.