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breath·less

(brĕth′lĭs)

adj.

1. Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running.

a. Excited or tense, often to the point of holding the breath: a breathless audience.

b. Tense or exciting, often in causing or being characterized by holding of the breath: breathless anticipation.

a. Not breathing; without breath.

b. Dead.

4. Having no air or breeze; still: a breathless summer day.

breath′less·ly adv.

breath′less·ness n.

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breathless

(ˈbrɛθlɪs)

adj

1. out of breath; gasping, etc

2. holding one's breath or having it taken away by excitement, etc: a breathless confrontation.

3. (esp of the atmosphere) motionless and stifling

4. rare lifeless; dead

ˈbreathlessly adv

ˈbreathlessness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

breath•less

(ˈbrɛθ lɪs)

adj.

1. without breath; gasping; panting.

2. with the breath held, as in suspense.

3. causing loss of breath, as from excitement, anticipation, or tension: a breathless ride.

4. dead; lifeless.

5. motionless or still, as air without a breeze.

[1350–1400]

breath′less•ly, adv.

breath′less•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	breathless - not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic unventilated - not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms" breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic - passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone"
	2.	breathless - tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" breathtaking exciting - creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip"
	3.	breathless - appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" pulseless, inanimate dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

breathless

adjective

1. out of breath, winded, exhausted, panting, gasping, puffed, choking, gulping, wheezing, out of puff (informal), out of whack (informal), puffing and blowing, short-winded I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was fast.

2. excited, anxious, curious, eager, enthusiastic, impatient, agog, on tenterhooks, in suspense We were breathless with anticipation.

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breathless

adjective

Marked by an absence of circulating air:

airless, breezeless, still, windless.

Translations

مقطوع النفس، لاهث

udýchaný

forpustetstakåndet

atemlos

sin aliento sofocado

henkeäsalpaava

essoufflé

légzési nehézségekkel küzdõ

lafmóîur

ansante

andpusten heseblesende

zasopel

nefes nefesesoluk soluğa

气喘吁吁的

breathless

[ˈbreθlɪs] ADJ

1. (from exertion) [voice] → entrecortado
he arrived breathless → llegó sin aliento → llegó jadeando
she was breathless from climbing the stairs → subir las escaleras la había dejado sin aliento
it leaves you breathless → corta la respiración
at a breathless pace → a un ritmo acelerado

2. (with excitement) a breathless silence → un silencio intenso
she was breathless with excitement → la emoción la había dejado sin aliento
we were breathless with anticipation → esperábamos ansiosísimos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

breathless

[ˈbrɛθləs] adj

(= short of breath) [person] → essoufflé(e), haletant(e); [voice] → essoufflé(e)

(fig) breathless with excitement → le souffle coupé par l'émotion

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

breathless

adj → atemlos; (with exertion also) → außer Atem; he said in a breathless voice → sagte er, nach Luft ringend; he is rather breathless (through illness) → er leidet an Atemnot; breathless with excitement/anticipation → ganz atemlos vor Aufregung/Spannung; it left me breathless (lit, fig) → es verschlug mir den Atem; at a breathless pace → atemberaubend schnell

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

breathless

[ˈbrɛθlɪs] adj (exhausted) → senza fiato; (with excitement) → con il fiato sospeso; (silence) → religioso/a; (anticipation, anxiety) → vivissimo/a
his asthma makes him breathless → l'asma gli fa mancare il fiato

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

breath

(breθ) noun

1. the air drawn into, and then sent out from, the lungs. My dog's breath smells terrible.

2. an act of breathing. Take a deep breath.

ˈbreathless adjective

having difficulty in breathing normally. His asthma makes him breathless; He was breathless after climbing the hill.

ˈbreathlessly adverb

ˈbreathlessness noun

hold one's breath

to stop breathing (often because of anxiety or to avoid being heard). He held his breath as he watched the daring acrobat.

out of breath

breathless (through running etc). I'm out of breath after climbing all these stairs.

under one's breath

in a whisper. He swore under his breath.

breath is a noun: He held his breath .
breathe is a verb: He found it difficult to breathe .

breathless

a. sofocado-a, sin aliento; falto de respiración.

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While they waited in breathless expectancy out came a Mouse.

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On the summit of a little knoll, with a pipe between his teeth and his back against a palm-tree, Trent was lounging away an hour of the breathless night.

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While still at a distance he took off his cap and tried to speak respectfully, but he was pale and breathless and his face was angry.

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"If you could be Mercy Merrick, and if I could be Grace Roseberry, now!" In one breathless moment the thought assumed a new development in her mind.

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Another day, hot and breathless. A deserted farmhouse, large, with many outbuildings and an orchard, standing in a clearing.

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JULY CAME ON with that breathless, brilliant heat which makes the plains of Kansas and Nebraska the best corn country in the world.

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They listened, breathless, when she told them the house in Esplanade Street was crowded with workmen, hammering, nailing, sawing, and filling the place with clatter.

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They are sensual with an unashamed violence that leaves you breathless. And the crowd that throngs the wharf as the steamer draws alongside is gay and debonair; it is a noisy, cheerful, gesticulating crowd.

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He had a practical mind and moved uneasily amid the abstract; but he found an unexpected fascination in listening to metaphysical disquisitions; they made him breathless; it was a little like watching a tight-rope dancer doing perilous feats over an abyss; but it was very exciting.

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The philosophers, priests, and doctors of China could have preached themselves breathless against opium for a thousand years, and the use of opium, so long as opium was ever accessible and obtainable, would have continued unabated.

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Seeing all these considerations in one breathless moment, Mr.

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Here is the concluding phrase; let the reader add the hoarse voice and the breathless gestures of Master Charmolue,