breathe
[ breeth ]
/ brið /
verb (used without object), breathed [breethd] /briðd/, breath·ing.
verb (used with object), breathed [breethd] /briðd/, breath·ing.
Idioms for breathe
Origin of breathe
1250–1300; Middle English
brethen, derivative of
breath
OTHER WORDS FROM breathe
out·breathe, verb (used with object), out·breathed, out·breath·ing. pre·breathe, verb (used with object), pre·breathed, pre·breath·ing.Words nearby breathe
British Dictionary definitions for breathe easy
breathe
/ (briːð) /
verb
Word Origin for breathe
C13: from
breath
Idioms and Phrases with breathe easy (1 of 2)
breathe easy
Also, breathe easily or freely. Relax, feel relieved from anxiety, stress, or tension. For example, Now that exams are over with, I can breathe easy, or Whenever I'm back in the mountains, I can breathe freely again. This idiom originally (late 1500s) was put as breathe again, implying that one had stopped breathing (or held one's breath) while feeling anxious or nervous. Shakespeare had it in King John (4:2): “Now I breathe again aloft the flood.” The variant dates from the first half of the 1800s.
Idioms and Phrases with breathe easy (2 of 2)
breathe