breathes
- 1Third-person singular simple present of breathe.
The diver breathes through a regulator while exploring the reef.
Whenever he breathes in the cold air, his chest tightens.
Note
The present-tense form that agrees with he, she, it or any singular noun: the diver breathes, the engine breathes. It works both ways the verb does, on its own (she breathes slowly) or with an object (he breathes the mountain air). Keep the final e. The verb keeps its voiced -the, and that sets it apart in sound and spelling from the noun breath, whose plural is breaths.
Every miner underground breathes the same dusty air.
She breathes the smoke without noticing it anymore.
breathes is a form of breathe
breathe, verb: To draw air into the lungs and push it back out, taking in oxygen and getting rid of waste gases. Full entry
- Spelling
- breathe → breathes: add -s
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