- the act of a person or other animal that breathes; respiration.
- a single breath.
- the short time required for a single breath.
- a pause, as for breath.
- utterance or words.
- a gentle moving or blowing, as of wind.
- Classical Greek Grammar.
- the manner of articulating the beginning of a word written with an initial vowel sign, with or without aspiration before the vowel.
- one of the two symbols used to indicate this.
- the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- a single breath
- an utterance
- a soft movement, esp of air
- a rest or pause
- phonetics
- expulsion of breath (rough breathing) or absence of such expulsion (smooth breathing) preceding the pronunciation of an initial vowel or rho in ancient Greek
- either of two symbols indicating this
