Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outbreathe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-breathe
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To exhaust or deprive of breath.

Transitive verb

verb

To breathe out; expire.

Transitive verb

verb

To issue as a breath; exhale.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"II Scarsely had Phoebus in the glooming East 10 Yet harnessed his firie-footed teeme, Ne reard above the earth his flaming creast; When the last deadly smoke aloft did steeme That signe of last outbreathed life did seeme Unto the watchman on the castle wall, 15 Who thereby dead that balefull Beast did deeme, And to his Lord and Ladie lowd gan call, To tell how he had seene the Dragons fatall fall."
"He showed the two men from Vinland how to fit the rubber masks over their noses. “Bethink you to outbreathe through your mouths, and you’ll be fine.”"

Etymology

From out- + breathe.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Usage

Inflected Forms

outbreathes (present, singular) outbreathing (participle, present) outbreathed (participle, past) outbreathed (past)

Antonyms

inbreathe breathe in inhale

Questions

What does outbreathe mean?: To exhaust or deprive of breath.
Where does outbreathe come from?: From out- + breathe.

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